Norman Harold (Norm) BLAKE

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BLAKE, Norman Harold

Service Number:	431713
Enlisted:	30 July 1943
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Operational Base Units (RAAF)
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 15 July 1925
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Footscray Technical School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Glass Cutter and Rippler
Died:	Aircraft Accident, New Guinea area, 15 November 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Burial Reference ~ Plot C, Row A, Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "NOT JUST TODAY "NORM" BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER YOU".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 431713
30 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 431713
24 Oct 1945:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, Operational Base Units (RAAF), 8 Operational Base Unit

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

33 Squadron RAAF Dakota A65-54 (VH CUP) was lost between Jacquinot Bay and Rabaul, Papua New Guinea with all crew KIA:

MILLS, Maurice James (LAC) 137163 / LOBWEIN, Grahame Patrick (Flight Lieutenant) 404723 / HANRAHAN, Ronald Alexander (Flight Lieutenant) 423723 / BRUDERLIN, Douglas Albert (Flight Sergeant) 444773 / BRIDGE, Stanley William (Corporal) 69362 / CUSHING, Hugh (Corporal) 419913 / BLAKE, Norman Harold (LAC) 431713 / SHEAH, Verdun Bernice (Sister) 501253

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