Allan FARMER

FARMER, Allan

Service Numbers: NX124577, 436820
Enlisted: 14 September 1942
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 462 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 17 July 1922
Home Town: Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Warehouse Assistant
Died: Flying Battle, Aachen, Germany, North West Europe, 23 October 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Hotton War Cemetery
Plot 1, Row E, Grave 6 Headstone inscription reads: His duty fearlessly and nobly done. Ever remembered Roll of Honour - Sydney, Hotton War Cemetery, Hotton, Wallonie, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

14 Sep 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX124577, 30 Infantry Battalion AMF
1 May 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 436820, No. 462 Squadron (RAAF), Enlisted at Perth, WA
1 May 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 436820
27 Jan 1944: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 436820, No. 462 Squadron (RAAF), Embarked at Sydney for UK
23 Nov 1944: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 436820, Date of Death

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Arthur and Annie Emily Farmer of Balmain, NSW

Plane was Halifax LL 559 which exploded and disintergrated in mid air after colliding with another aircraft, Lancaster 111 LM 691, 2000 yards north east of Aachen