William James BYFIELD

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BYFIELD, William James

Service Number:	26448
Enlisted:	6 May 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Boulder City, Western Australia, 22 March 1922
Home Town:	Joslin, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineers Labourer
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 12 December 1947, aged 25 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 2 Service

6 May 1940:	Involvement Corporal, 26448
6 May 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
6 May 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 26448
16 Jan 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by David Preston

When Cpl. William ‘Bill’ James Byfield was born on 22 March 1922 in Boulder, Western Australia, his father, James, was 19 and his mother, Hannah, was 19.
He had one brother and one sister.
William married Gladys Hopkins in Adelaide, South Australia, they had three children during there marriage.
He died on 8 September 1978 in Adelaide, South Australia, at the age of 56, and was buried in Mitcham, South Australia.

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