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KNAPMAN, Alfred Sydney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 400806 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura |
| Born: | Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia, 19 January 1918 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria War Graves- Plot C. Row B. Grave 8 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cullulleraine "KNAPMAN & BYRNE" Memorial Plaque |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 400806 | |
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| 8 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura | |
| 8 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 400806 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Alfred Edgar and Constance Lena Knapman
Husband of Florence Joy Knapman of East Kew, Victoria
Pilot of Boomerang aircraft A46-44 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit which crashed near Mildura, Victoria following a mid-air collision with A46-14
Biography contributed
Alfred Sydney KNAPMAN was born in Ivanhoe, Victoria on 19th January, 1918
His parents were Alfred Edgar KNAPMAN & Constance Lena CHAMBERS
He married Florence Joy Mercer GAYLARD in Victoria on 24th July, 1941
He had previously served with the 37th Infantry Battalion, 10th Field Brigade before enlisting in the RAAF
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