Claude Verchmans KING

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Service Number:	14981
Enlisted:	6 May 1940
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	RAAF Eastern Area Headquarters (Sydney)
Born:	Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, 19 March 1907
Home Town:	Kingsford, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Christian Brothers College & Waverley Intermediate, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Messman
Died:	Ground Accident, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 17 July 1942, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales RC Plot Section 16 Grave 138,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 14981
6 May 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 14981, RAAF Eastern Area Headquarters (Sydney)
6 May 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 14981

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Claude Verchmans KING was born in Katoomba, NSW on 19th March, 1907

His parents were John Hubert KING & Ladiska Amelia HARTMANN who married in NSW in 15th September, 1897

He married Mavis Jean HENDERSON in Sydney in 1937