William De Burgh PERCEVAL

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PERCEVAL, William De Burgh

Service Number:	252207
Enlisted:	27 January 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Radar Stations (RAAF)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 November 1904
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Dulwich, England
Occupation:	District Representation, Commonwealth Oil Refineries
Died:	Illness, Port Hedland, Western Australia, 7 January 1944, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	Geraldton War Cemetery, Western Australia Plot B Row B Grave 4
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 252207
27 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 252207
4 Oct 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 252207, Radar Stations (RAAF), 20 RDF Station
7 Jan 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 252207, Radar Stations (RAAF), 329 Radar Station, Shellborough

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William Alexander De Burgh PERCEVAL was born on 21st November, 1904 in Victoria

His parents were Alex Holtzendorff PERCEVAL & Edith Airey KER who married in St Pauls Cathedral in Melbourne in 1895

He married Dorothy SOUTH nee DALTON in Western Australia on 24th January, 1931

William collapsed & died due to sudden illness in Port Hedland, Western Australia on 7th January, 1944 & is buried in the Geraldton War Cemetery

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