MOULTON, Desmond
| Service Number: | 424782 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 6 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Sandgate, Queensland, Australia, 22 November 1921 |
| Home Town: | Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Yambo, Papua New Guinea, 11 April 1945, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 424782, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 424782 | |
| 11 Apr 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 424782, No. 6 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
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"...424782 Leading Aircraftman Desmond Moulton, No. 6 Squadron, of Sandgate Qld. He enlisted on 9 October 1942 and after training was promoted to the rank of Flying Officer (FO). No. 6 Squadron was a general reconnaisance unit which from August 1942 flew missions between Horn Island, Queensland, and Milne Bay, New Guinea. They dropped supplies to Australian troops at Buna, Ioma, Kokoda and Baibara Island. They also took part in medical evacuations as well as conducting seaward reconnaisance, anti-submarine patrols and bombing raids. FO Desmond Moulton was killed in action over New Guinea on 11 April 1945. He was 24 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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