Dudley Frank GRIMSEY

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GRIMSEY, Dudley Frank

Service Number:	435169
Enlisted:	26 March 1943
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 January 1925
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Brisbane State High School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1944, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row C Grave 6,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

26 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 435169, Brisbane, Queensland
26 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 435169
19 Jun 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
14 Jan 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 435169, No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head, Empire Air Training Scheme

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frank Joseph and Mary Constance Grimsey, of Norman Park, Queensland.

Brisbane Air Trainee
Killed in Crash
SYDNEY: LAC Dudley Frank Grimsey, of Norman Park. Brisbane (trainee observer), Sergeant William Wallace Hopper (pilot), of Byron Bay, and LAC George Herbert Harrison (trainee observer), of Wahroonga, Sydney, were killed when an aircraft crashed during training exercises in north-eastern New South Wales.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Fairey Battle L5094 from Number 1 Air Observer School crashed at Evans Head killing Sergeant Hopper 425939 / LAC Grimsey 435169 / LAC Harrison 433593

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