Noel James HARPER

HARPER, Noel James

    Service Number: 430167
    Enlisted: 1 January 1943
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    Born: Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 27 April 1924
    Home Town: Daylesford, Hepburn, 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 19 years
    Cemetery: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
    1.N.A.7, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Daylesford War Memorial, Devonport WW2 and Korean Wars Supreme Sacrifice Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement 430167
    1 Jan 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1 Jan 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 430167

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of James William and Maleta Laurel Harper of Hepburn Springs, 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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