SCANLAN, Patrick John
| Service Number: | 435197 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 March 1943, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Air Observers School Cootamundra |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 9 August 1915 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | St Joseph's Convent School Pittsworth, Nudgee College Brisbane |
| Occupation: | Police Constable |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, 7 March 1944, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row D Grave 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pittsworth WW2 Honour Dead Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 435197 | |
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| 26 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 435197, No. 1 Air Observers School Cootamundra, Brisbane, Qld. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Bernsmond Scanlan and Josephine Angela Scanlan; husband of Mary Veronica Scanlan, of Mundah.
SYDNEY, Thursday.— Five R.A.A.F. air-men were killed when an aircraft crashed during training exercises at an R.A .A.F. station in northern New South Wales.
They were Flying-Officer B. S. McClelland, pilot, of , Croydon; Sydney; Flight-Sgt. Bruce Allan Duckworth, wireless air gunner, of Ararat (Vic.) ; L.A.C. Robert Thomas Robertson, trainee navigator, of Enfield (N.S.W.) ; L.A.C. Patrick John Scanlon, trainee navigator, Brisbane, and L.A.C. Neville Thomas Self, trainee navigator, of Paddington, Sydney.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Avro Anson AW485 from Number 1 Air Observers School crashed near Maclean in NSW killing Flying Officer Strike-McClelland 412748 / Flight Sergeant Duckworth 409394 / LAC Robertson 439616 / LAC Scanlan 435197 / LAC Self 433627
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