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DIMOND, Francis James Raymond
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 64168, N17505 |
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Enlisted: | 6 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | 1 Tactical Air Force Labuan |
Born: | Pymble, New South Wales, Australia, 24 February 1918 |
Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Morotai Island, Halmahera Island, Netherlands East Indies, 17 August 1945, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 64168 | |
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6 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N17505, 18 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
22 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 64168, Air and Ground Radio School | |
22 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 64168 | |
17 Aug 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 64168, 1 Tactical Air Force Labuan, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman Francis James Raymond Dimond 64168 of Number 1 Tactical Air Force (Communications Section) died from severe petrol burns at Morotai, Netherlands East Indies