Norman Lewis PARKER

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PARKER, Norman Lewis

Service Number:	29099
Enlisted:	22 October 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	York, Western Australia, 1 September 1918
Home Town:	Geraldton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 10 November 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row B Grave 6, Evans Head War Cemetery, Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 29099
22 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 29099

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Beaufighter A19-194 and A19-36 from Number 5 Operational Training Unit (5OTU) were involved in a mid-air collision over the ocean off Evans Head, NSW

Flying Officer Parker 29099 and Sergeant Tyack 431342 were killed in A19-36

Flight Lieutenant Hodges 267209 and Flight Lieutenant Young DFC 406671 (body not recovered, commemorated on Panel 5 of the Sydney Memorial) were killed in A19-194

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