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PATERSON, David Alastair
Personal Details
Service Number: | 427726 |
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Enlisted: | 13 September 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, 5 February 1923 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Lost on operations-mid air collision between two Lancaster bombers, France, 16 July 1944, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Lignieres-de-Touraine Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 3., Lignieres-de-Touraine Communal Cemetery, Lignieres-de-Touraine, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Victoria Park Lodge No 48, W.A.C. WW2 Memorial Tablet, Victoria Park RSL Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 2 Service
13 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 427726, Aircrew Training Units | |
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13 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427726 | |
16 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 427726, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Killed in Action |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
David Alistair PATERSONs parents were Thomas & Isabella PATERSON who were living in Victoria Park, Western Australia when he enlisted for WW2