Frank William JEFFREY

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JEFFREY, Frank William

Service Number:	401602
Enlisted:	1 March 1941, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 20 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Cowes, Victoria, Auatralia, 31 May 1916
Home Town:	Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier, Station Overseer
Died:	Flying Battle, South Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean, 21 May 1944, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Forest Street Uniting Church RAAF Memorial Window

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 401602
1 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 401602, No. 20 Squadron (RAAF), Melbourne, Vic.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William James Jeffrey and Edith Emily Jeffrey, of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia; husband of Annette Marie Jeffrey, of Hawthorn, Victoria.

Among the 38 members of the R.A.A.F. and R.A.F. who received awards recently were Flying Officer Frank william Jeffrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Jeffrey, of Myrtle Street, and Flying Officer Arthur John Maoline, of Ascot Vale, and formerly of Bendigo. The two airmen were schoolmates in Bendigo, and have been together in aid operations.

Flying Officer Jeffrey obtained his commission before war broke out with Japan, and he had 1060 flying hourse to his credit before he went north. For some time he was at Por Moresby and other places in the Solomons. Both men have been mentioned in despateches "For services in N.E. Area". The announcement of the award in respect to Flying officer Jeffrey states: "As a navigator and bombadier, Jeffrey has completed many night bombing raids, reconnaissances, and supply dropping flights."

The crew and plane disappeard in 1944 and were never found.

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