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SEARLE, Clifford David
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 76295 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 June 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Repair and Servicing Units |
| Born: | Westbrook, Queensland, Australia, 8 September 1914 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Aircraft accident), At sea, Torres Strait, Off Thursday Island, 22 August 1944, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Horn Island Veterans Memorial, Newtown State School War Memorial, Sydney Memorial, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Norseman aircraft A71-1 from 5 Communication Unit based at Garbutt crashed into the sea near Boigu Island in the Torres Strait
Flight Sergeant Frank Henry Rossiter 432268 / LAC Clifford David Searle 76295 / LAC John Norman George Dunn 28046 were killed - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Sydney Memorial
Corporal Victor Clifford Robinson 33134 / LAC Leslie James Hart 63374 / LAC David Roy Tomasetti 41715 all survived
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