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CLEMINSON, James Harold Nimmo
Personal Details
Service Number: | 426535 |
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Enlisted: | 18 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 180 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Atherton, Queensland, Australia, 5 July 1918 |
Home Town: | Malanda, Tablelands, Queensland |
Schooling: | All Souls School, Queensland |
Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
Died: | Flying Battle, Normandy, France, 21 August 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France XXIII B1 (Joint) |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malanda Eacham Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 426535 | |
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18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units | |
18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 426535 | |
21 Aug 1944: | Involvement Pilot Officer, No. 180 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Sydney Harold Cleminson and Dora Lethbridge Nimmo of Malanda, Queensland
Pilot Officer Cleminson 426535 was killed in the loss of Mitchell FW124 of Number 180 Squadron RAF in Normandy, France