NORMOYLE, Francis Robert
Service Number: | 420905 |
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Enlisted: | 6 December 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Young, New South Wales, Australia, 4 June 1916 |
Home Town: | Young, Young, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Convent School, Young, NSW |
Occupation: | Storeman / Traveller |
Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 8 February 1945, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Plot 2, Row D, Grave 17 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Young Hennessy Catholic College War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 420905 | |
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6 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 420905 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Lieutenant Francis Robert Normoyle 420905 was killed when Mustang FD546 of 268 Squadron RAF based at advanced airfield B.61 at St. Denijs Westrem in Belgium crashed near the Dutch / German border between Nijmegen and Kleve
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Francis Robert NORMOYLE was born in Young, NSW on 4th June, 1916
His parents were Francis Robert NORMOYLE & Dorothy Johanna AHERN who married in Young in 1913
Francis died on 8th February, 1945 - his last rank was Flight Lieutenant with 268 Squadron (RAF) - Mustang Squadron
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His father Robert also served during WW2 - Army (Q201665) and was discharged on 12th April, 1944 (2nd Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps)