Vincent Charles MONTEROLA

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MONTEROLA, Vincent Charles

Service Number:	2504
Enlisted:	23 November 1936
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 22 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Walkerville, South Australia, 20 November 1916
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide Technical High School & the School of Mines, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	University Student
Died:	Accidental - plane crash, Hazelbrook, New South Wales, Australia , 1 August 1940, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	St Peter Anglican Cemetery, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Church of England Section
Memorials:	Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

Non Warlike Service

23 Nov 1936:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 2504

World War 2 Service

1 Aug 1940:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF)
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Vincent Charles MONTEROLA was born in Walkverville, South Australia on 20th November, 1916

His parents were Francisco (Francis) Melville MONTEROLA and Millicent Eileen PAVLICH

He married Molly Thora HOPWOOD in Victoria in 1938

two known children, Joan Lorraine and Vincent Dudley

Vincent died on 1st August, 1940 in Hazelbrook, NSW when the Wirraway training plane he was in crashed - he is buried in St Peter Anglican Cemetery in Richmond NSW

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