CORNFOOT, Jeffrey Graham
| Service Number: | 205780 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1938 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 February 1920 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong Grammar, Scotch College, Melbourne |
| Occupation: | Office Worker |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 26 November 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairns War Cemetery, Queensland Plot A. Row A. Grave 5., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Non Warlike Service
| 19 Jul 1938: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 205780, Point Cook, Victoria |
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World War 2 Service
| 19 Jul 1938: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 205780, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) | |
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| 26 Nov 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 205780, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Jeffrey Graham Cornfoot 205780 was killed in the loss of RAAF 75SQN Kittyhawk A29-156 P-40E (#41-5598)
The aircraft went out of control while flying at 1200 feet above Cairns and crashed into an unoccupied house in Pease Street in the suburb of Edge Hill - the house was totally destroyed by the ensuing fire
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Jeffrey Graham CORNFOOT was born in Kew, Victoria on 13th February, 1920
His parents were David Graham CORNFOOT & Evelyn Margretha (Margaret) HOLDENSON who married in Victoria in 1917
He enlisted at Point Cook, Victoria on 19th July, 1938 with the Royal Australian Air Force
Jeffrey died in a Flying Accident in Cairns, Queensland on 26th November, 1942 and is buried in the Cairns War Cemetery
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His brother Ronald Graham CORNFOOT (SN 250630) also served in the RAAF during WW2 and was a Squadron Leader with 38 Squadron - he was discharged in 1946
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