John Henry FRIDAY

FRIDAY, John Henry

    Service Number: 19923
    Enlisted: 11 December 1940
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    Born: Bonnie Doon, Victoria, 21 June 1914
    Home Town: Bonnie Doon, Mansfield, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Aircraft accident, Point Cook Aerodrome, Victoria, Point Cook, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 September 1943, aged 29 years
    Cemetery: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
    1.N.A.5, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    11 Dec 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 19923, No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    11 Dec 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 19923
    3 Sep 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 19923, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, Empire Air Training Scheme

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of John Henry and Elizabeth Friday of Bonnie Doon, Victoria

     

    Mid-air collision between RAAF Oxford training aircraft HN271 and AS615 over the Salt Lake to the north-east of Point Cook aerodrome, Victoria - aircrew killed:

    Pilot of AS615 (no other crew) - Leading Aircraftman John Henry Friday 19923

    Crew of HN271 - Leading Aircraftman Vincent Martin Purkiss 432972 & Leading Aircraftman Noel James Harper 430167

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