Patrick John Paul CARLON

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CARLON, Patrick John Paul

Service Number:	432936
Enlisted:	30 January 1943
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 462 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Croydon New South Wales Australia , March 1923
Home Town:	Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
Schooling:	St. Patricks College (1931-1941)
Occupation:	Cadet Metallurgist
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 24 February 1945
Cemetery:	Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Coll. Grave plot 3. Row J. Grave 10-15.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 432936
30 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 432936, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
30 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 432936
1 Mar 1944:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, 432936, Emb. Brisbane for U.K.
8 Sep 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
30 Jan 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 432936, No. 462 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Ambrose and May Genevieve Carlon.

ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. AMEN

Local Roll of Honour- Goulburn New South Wales Australia

Miss Lesley Carlon, of "Coodra." Yass, has received a telegram from the Minister for Air, stating that her brother, Flt.-Sgt. Patrick John Paul Carlon, is missing as a result of air operations on February 24. The known details are that he was a member of the crew of a Halifax aircraft detailed to attack an enemy target in the Neuss area, Germany, which failed to return to base. Sgt. Carlon is a grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. John McInerney, of Cowper Street.

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