Richard James PHILPOT

PHILPOT, Richard James

Service Number: 403877
Enlisted: 4 March 1941
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: BATHURST, NSW, 29 March 1917
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: B.Ec.
Died: Aircraft crash, Northern Territory, Australia, 3 April 1944, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory
Coll. grave S.B. 10-14., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst High School Roll of Honour WW2, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 403877
4 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 403877

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lockheed Hudson A16-203 of Number 2 Squadron RAAF crashed near Adelaide River, NT killing all on board:

Pilot Officer Harold John Gillies 422042 - Son of John James Gillies and Victoria Pearl Gillies of St. Leonard's Creek, NSW

Flight Sergeant Robert Gordon Frew 417771 - Son of Eric George and Avis Irene Frew of Broken Hill, NSW

Pilot Officer Colin Desmond Brockhurst 425593 - Son of George Henry and Florence Ida Brockhurst of Hendra, Queensland

Pilot Officer Richard James Philpot 403877 - Son of George and Agnes Catherine Philpot & Husband of Mollie Philpot of Hurstville, NSW

Pilot Officer Russell Lindsay Black 411275 - Son of Reginald Lindsay Black, and Evelyn Mary Victoria Black of Leeton, NSW

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