DEIGNAN, Eric Alan Mervyn
| Service Number: | 404480 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Toowoomba, QLD, 3 November 1916 |
| Home Town: | Surat, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Middle East, 26 April 1943, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
El Alia Cemetery 12 H 31, El Alia Cemetery, Mohammedia, Algeria |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Surat Memorial Gate WW2 Honour Roll, Surat War Memorial, The Freedom Tree Surat |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 404480 | |
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| 13 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404480 |
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Son of Herbert Patrick and Dora Deignan, of Surat, Queensland, Australia
HIS DUTY NOBLY AND FEARLESSLY DONE. EVER LOVINGLY REMEMBERED
SERGT.-OBSERVER E. A. DEIGNAN, who lost his life in air operations in Tunisia, Africa on April 28. He is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Deignan, Boxleigh, Surat, and completed his training in Canada and England. Before Joining the R.A.A.F. he assisted his father in the grazing industry.
An only son and always keenly interested in aviation, he was a bright young man, well and popularly known in the Surat district and his death is greatly regretted by the whole community.
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