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SHIRTCLIFFE, William John
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | VX3411, 400032, 400032 |
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Enlisted: | 20 October 1939 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | Royal Australian Air Force |
Born: | Wellington, New Zealand, 12 May 1915 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Wellington College, New Zealand |
Occupation: | Merchant Navy |
Died: | Accidental, United Kingdom, 25 February 1941, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cemetery Row BB. Grave 10. INSCRIPTION HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Narromine Aviation Museum Memorial Wall |
Service History
World War 2 Service
20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, VX3411, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion | |
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29 Apr 1940: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400032 | |
29 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400032, Royal Australian Air Force | |
29 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400032 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 25 and the son of William Stanley and Norah Eshdale Shirtcliffe; husband of Evelyn Eliza Shirtcliffe, of Devonport, New Zealand.