PARNELL, Leslie Rupert
| Service Number: | 411178 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1941, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAAF) |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 5 March 1920 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk - Bank of Australia |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 4 December 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row B. Joint grave 7. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Bank of Australasia 'In Remembrance' Honour Roll WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 411178 | |
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| 26 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 411178, Operational Training Units (RAAF), Sydney, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry Rupert and Clare Parnell, of Concord West, New South Wales, Australia.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED
Flying-Officer Les (Mick) Parnell (23), reported missing, believed killed, in air operations over Europe. F/O Parnell was for two years a member of an R A A F Mosquito fighter squadron in England.
Leslie Rupert Parnell, late of R.A.A.F., formerly of Waverley, in the State of New South Wales, bank clerk, became missing on the 4th of December, 1943, and is for official purposes presumed dead; administration, with the will dated 14th July, 1941, annexed, was granted to the Public Trustee in and for the State of New South Wales, the attorney of Henry Rupert Carlton Parnell, in the will called Henry Rupert Parnell, the sole executor therein named, was granted on the 5th of June, 1945, for the use and benefit of the said Henry Rupert Carlton Parnell, limited until he shall apply for and obtain a grant in this State.
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