PARSONS, Albert William Milne
| Service Numbers: | 426757, Q127066 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 158 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Nambour. Queensland, Australia, 17 October 1921 |
| Home Town: | Woombye, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mens and Woombye State Schools and Nambour Rural, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fruit and Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 12 September 1944, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany 17. C. 18 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial, Woombye War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 426757 | |
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| 25 Nov 1941: | Involvement Private, Q127066 | |
| 25 Nov 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 25 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q127066, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots, Nambour, Qld. | |
| 18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 426757, No. 158 Squadron (RAF), Brisbane, Qld. | |
| 17 Jul 1944: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Albert Edward Conrad Parsons and Gertrude Jane Parsons, of Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED
P/O A. W. M. Parsons
NOW PRESUMED KILLED
IN ACTION
Pilot Officer A. W. M. (Bert) Parsons, was reported missing on September 12 1944, the Halifax lumber, in which he was flying, being shot down over Gihenkerchen, a well defended industrial town in the Ruhr (Germany ) .
He had just completed his tour over enemy country on operational flights. His month's leave was to have begun on the 14th.
A cable received in December last stated that five of the crew were killed when his bomber was shot down, one taken prisoner, but no trace was found of P/O Parsons. The last official advice in June was that he had been presumed killed in action. The prisoner of war is alive and well with his people in Belgium. P/O Bert
Parsons was educated at Mens and Woombye State Schools and Nambour Rural. He was called up by the Army and sent to Townsville. In March 1942, he was drafted into the Air Force, training at Kingaroy, Maryborough, and Evans Head as a wire less-air gunner. He was promoted to Sergeant and then embarked for England. He arrived there in August, 1943, and was stationed in various places in England and Wales. He visited relatives in Somerset, Dorset and in Scotland.
P/O Parsons was a wireless operator from Easter 1944, and received his commission is Pilot Officer in August last year.
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