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ODGERS, David Archibald
Personal Details
Service Number: | 427623 |
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Enlisted: | 11 August 1942 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School Ballarat |
Born: | Narrogin, Western Australia, 25 March 1922 |
Home Town: | Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Narrogin State School - Perth Technical College |
Occupation: | Public Servant Clerk |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Brewster, Victoria, Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 21 March 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Plot A Row A Grave 5, Ballarat (New) General Cemetery, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narrogin War Memorial, Northbridge Officers of the Taxation Department Perth WW2 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 427623 | |
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11 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 427623, No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School Ballarat | |
11 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 427623 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Charles Martin Wallace 38377 and Leading Aircraftman David Archibald Odgers 427623 of Number 1 Wireless & Gunnery School based at Ballarat were killed when Wackett Trainer A3-32 crashed near Brewster, Victoria
Incident mentioned in the book "Not to be shot at or exported" by Leslie Sullivan