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CLOSE, James Raymond
Personal Details
Service Number: | 26784 |
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Enlisted: | 18 June 1940, Adelaide |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Laura, South Australia, 2 March 1920 |
Home Town: | Rose Park, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Cryon, New South Wales, Australia, 28 September 1942, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Narrabri Old General Cemetery, NSW C of E Plot Section 2 Row 3 Grave 21 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
18 Jun 1940: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, SN 26784 | |
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18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant Close 26784 and Flying Officer Wilkinson 408130 of Number 5 Squadron were killed in the loss of Wirraway aircraft A20-288 near Croydon in NSW