Roger Byron CLOUGH

CLOUGH, Roger Byron

Service Number: 444226
Enlisted: 29 January 1944, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Abbotsford, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1926
Home Town: Abbotsford, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aeroplane crash, Cape Parham, South Australia, Australia, 28 November 1945, aged 19 years
Cemetery: Mallala (Feltwell) War Cemetery, S.A.
Plot B, Row C, Grave 9, Mallala War Cemetery, Mallala, South Australia, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parham Oxford LW879 Crash Site
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 444226
29 Jan 1944: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 444226, Enlisted at Sydney
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Harry and Vera Kate Clough of Abbotsford, NSW

Plane an Oxford LW 879 crashed near Mallala

Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

On 25 August 1941, No. 6 Service Flying Training School was formed outside of the town of Mallala. This was a medium-proficiency school, where aircrew who had already learned elementary flying at a base such as Parafield increased their experience before moving on to a specialist school such as Port Pirie or Mount Gambier. Training aircraft included Avro Ansons, Airspeed Oxfords, Moth Minors and Tiger Moths and a total of 2,257 trainees passed out before the unit ceased to function as No. 6 SFTS on 31 December 1945. Tragically, during this time, there were a number of fatal accidents involving aircrew from the school.

Although hostilities ceased on 6th of August 1945, the Unit continued to operate until December 1945 and on 28 November 1945, 444226 Sergeant Roger Byron Clough was killed when his Airspeed Oxford crashed near Port Parham, on Yorke Peninsula. His plane pulled out from a dive into a steep right turn and slipped into the ground.

Sergeant Roger Byron CLOUGH was buried in the Mallala War Cemetery - Plot B, Row C Grave 9.

Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 16/11/2020. Lest we forget.

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