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NAPIER, Charles Roland
Personal Details
Service Number: | 420247 |
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Enlisted: | 11 October 1941 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 22 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 19 March 1918 |
Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, Buna, Papua New Guinea, 26 November 1942, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Port Moresby Memorial, Papua New Guinea Panel 9. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 420247 | |
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11 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 420247 | |
26 Nov 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 420247, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF) |
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