Harrold Graham PACE

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PACE, Harrold Graham

Service Number:	270824
Enlisted:	4 March 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 31 October 1916
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Toowoomba Central Boys Grammar School
Occupation:	Lawyer B.A., LL.B.
Died:	Flying Battle, Gazala, Libya, Middle East, 13 May 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer
4 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 270824, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
13 May 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 270824, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer Pace 270824 in Kittyhawk AL172 of 3SQN was killed when his aircraft was shot down near Gazala - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt

Biography contributed

Harrold Graham PACE was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 31st October, 1916

His parents were Arthur Harrold PACE & Jeanie Christie BUTLER who married in Queensland on 6th October, 1915

He married Ida Frances KEENAN in Queensland on 30th April, 1941

Before joining the RAAF he had previously served from 2nd August, 1935 to 1937 in the Army (9th/49th Infantry Battalion)

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