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PETTIFORD, Frederick John
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 436274, N34691 |
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Enlisted: | 15 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia, 5 August 1917 |
Home Town: | Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, North West Europe, 21 November 1944, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra RSL Honour Rolls, Cootamundra War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 436274 | |
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15 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, N34691, 56 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
2 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 436274 | |
2 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 436274, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor | |
6 Jan 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer | |
27 Jan 1944: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 436274, Emb. For U.K. | |
6 Jun 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 436274, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
2 Jul 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer | |
2 Nov 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 436274, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Frederick John PETTIFORD was born in Coonamble, NSW on 5th August, 1917
His parents were Albert Richard PETTIFORD & Mabel Gertrude Jane PECK
He married Greta Alice Maude BRETTELL in Cootamundra, NSW in 1941