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PARKS, Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 403476 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 January 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 242 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Sydney New South Wales Australia , 14 December 1921 |
| Home Town: | Artarmon, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Despatch Clerk |
| Died: | Aircraft Accident, Ta Kali Malta Middle East, 29 October 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 10. INSCRIPTION YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED Local Roll of Honour- Artarmon New South Wales Australia , Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 7 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 403476, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park | |
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| 7 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 403476 | |
| 28 Apr 1942: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 403476, No. 242 Squadron (RAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 20 and the son of Walter and Martha Josephine Parks, of Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia.
Biography contributed by Graham Padget
Flight Sergeant Walter Parks was one of six RAAF fighter pilots from New South Wales among those who embarked in Sydney on the small troopship Ceramic on 25 October, 1941 bound for Liverpool, Great Britain. They first went to Wellington, New Zealand where they waited for about two weeks for some New Zealand airmen to join them before on sailing.
(Extracted and edited from AWM Collections P11786.001)
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