Arnold Erol CROSSLEY

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Service Number:	404633
Enlisted:	11 October 1940, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 455 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Childers, Queensland, Australia, 21 May 1917
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Rockhampton Technical College, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Hotel Porter, Criterion Hotel, Rockhampton
Died:	Flying Battle, Norway, 11 December 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England -Panel 112,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

11 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 404633, Aircrew Training Units, Enlisted at Brisbane

11 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404633
11 Dec 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404633, No. 455 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Killed in Action Norway

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Son of Reginald Frederick and Pearl Emily Crossley of Ashgrove, QLD

Plane was Hampsen 1 Torpedo P2078 while on air operations over Norway