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HALLIDAY, Alexander Garden

Service Numbers:	437618, SX16280
Enlisted:	13 January 1942, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 22 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 July 1914
Home Town:	Hazelwood Park (Knightsbridge), South Australia
Schooling:	Intermediate Certificate, Secondary School Entry Certificate
Occupation:	Advertising (Assistant / Clerk)
Died:	Accidental (Beaufighter A8-38, test flight crash), New Guinea, 20 January 1945, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot FF. Row B. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "BELOVED HUSBAND OF EDNA, LOVED FATHER OF FRANCIS AND CAROLYN"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 437618
13 Jan 1942:	Involvement Corporal, SX16280, 10th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
13 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
13 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX16280
29 Mar 1943:	Discharged
30 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 437618
3 Aug 1944:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF)
Date unknown:	Involvement

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