MARCHANT, Jack
| Service Number: | 400478 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 83 Squadron (RAF) (Pathfinder Force) |
| Born: | Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 14 June 1916 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk, Shell Co., of Aust. Newport Installation |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 20 December 1942, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany 8.F.7. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 400478 | |
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| 14 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400478 | |
| 15 Sep 1940: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park | |
| 9 Nov 1940: | Promoted Leading Aircraftman | |
| 14 Nov 1940: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Narromine | |
| 23 Jan 1941: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, 2 Embarkation Depot, Disembarked in UK in June 1941 | |
| 5 May 1941: | Promoted Sergeant | |
| 7 Jul 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Operational Training Units (RAAF), 25 OTU at RAF Finningley | |
| 9 Nov 1941: | Promoted Flight Sergeant | |
| 14 Jan 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, No. 83 Squadron (RAF) (Pathfinder Force), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
| 15 May 1942: | Promoted Pilot Officer | |
| 27 Oct 1942: | Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
| 15 Nov 1942: | Promoted Flying Officer |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John James Hood Marchant and Kate Marchant; husband of Rita Marchant, of East St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
News has been received by the relatives of Actg. Flt.-Lieut. Jack Marchant, D.F.C. (R.A.A.F.) of Warracknabeal, that leaves no doubt that he lost his life in air operations over Germany some time ago. Lieut. Marchant was previously reported missing after an operational flight over Duisberg on December 20. He participated in attacks on some of the enemy's most heavily defended targets. In May last year, he was promoted to pilot officer and later to acting flight lieutenant. Lieut. Marchant was one of the small number of crack Australian pilots called the Pathfinders, who were trained and equipped for the single purpose of paving the way for the main attack. Lieut. Marchant, aged 26 years, was the fourth son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. J. H. Marchant and stepson of Mrs. J. A. Marchant. He married in England last year, Miss Rita Alexander, and is survived by his wife, his step-mother, and four brothers.
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