William Graham SIMPKINS

SIMPKINS, William Graham

Service Number: 420502
Enlisted: 8 November 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 30 September 1923
Home Town: Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling: Sydney Church of England Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Aircraft accident, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 6 January 1943, aged 19 years
Cemetery: Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria
C. of E. Plot. Sec. S. Grave 11.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 420502
8 Nov 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
8 Nov 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 420502

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Frederick Gladstone Simpkins and Isabel Wilson Simpkins of Mosman, NSW

 

RAAF Wirraway aircraft A20-69 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit crashed near Mildura killing Flying Officer Victor Farley Curtis 400039 and Sergeant William Simpkins 420502