Michael Lotherington GLENTON-WRIGHT

GLENTON-WRIGHT, Michael Lotherington

    Service Number: 404913
    Enlisted: 6 December 1940
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: Operational Base Units (RAAF)
    Born: Tonbridge, Kent, England, 31 December 1915
    Home Town: Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Hillside Private Prep School, Brekin, Wellington, Salop & Charterhouse Public School, England
    Occupation: Stud Breeder and Farmer
    Died: Flying Battle, Gravendeel, Holland, Netherlands, 31 May 1942, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England. Panel 112.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    6 Dec 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 404913, Aircrew Training Units, Brisbane, Queensland
    6 Dec 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404913
    18 Sep 1941: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 404913, Aircrew Training Units, Sent to Canada for Aircrew Training in No 2 Bombing and Gunnery School. RCAF Mossbank.
    31 May 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404913, Operational Base Units (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
    31 May 1942: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404913, Killed in Action.

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Michael Lotherington GLENTON-WRIGHT was born in Tonbridge, Kent, England on 31st December, 1915 - his birth was registered in Tonbridge in 1920 under Michael L Wright

    His parents were Cyril Carne GLENTON-WRIGHT & Eileen Thereza RUCKER

    His father Cyril served in WW1 in the British Army and rose to the rank of Captain in the Durham Light Infantry

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