WHITTARD, Percival James
| Service Number: | 416238 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 4 January 1916 |
| Home Town: | Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental Aircraft Crash, Habbaniya Iraq, 21 July 1943, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Apr 1941: | Involvement Sergeant, 416238 | |
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| 24 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 24 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 416238 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Sinclair
Fight Sergeant Percival James Whittard was the son of Isaac Willie and Linda Ellen Whittard.
He was born in Port Pirie and resided in nearby Solomontown, later moving to Adelaide where he lived at North Adelaide and worked as a clerk.
He enlisted in the RAAF in Adelaide. He completed his six month Wireless Air Gunners course in June 1942 and became a part of the 216 Group RAF Ferry Control. This Unit received prepared and dispatched aircraft reinforcements into the North African and Mediterranean Theatre of operations.
On 21st July 1943 The crew was operating Wellington Aircraft HE 790 en route to Karachi from RAF Habbaniya, Iraq. One mile from the aerodrome the aircraft crashed killing all crew members.
Other Crew Members
Flight Sergeant Harold Paul Clancy 413825 wireless air gunner
Sergeant Frank Harrison 413863 pilot
Sergeant Stanley Frank Hook 658749 RAF bomb aimer
Sergeant Kenneth Craig Earnshaw 1579031 RAF Navigator
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