TERRILL, Harry Sydney James
Service Numbers: | 419426, V158571 |
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Enlisted: | 17 October 1941 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | 2 Field Regiment AMF |
Born: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 20 February 1923 |
Home Town: | Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Flying Accident, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, 18 November 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Camden Park Cemetery, NSW Plot E Row A Grave 6 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 419426 | |
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17 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V158571, 2 Field Regiment AMF | |
14 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 419426 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Alfred Cunningham Terrill and Emily Beatrice May (Scriven) Terrill, of Canterbury, Victoria.
Harry is mentioned on the Community Honour Roll in Canterbury Vic.
32SQN Beaufort A9-350 based at Camden airfield crashed near Kiama, NSW while on a night cross country training exercise - all crew onboard were killed: Flight Sergeant Christie 410630 (Pilot) / Sergeant James 418721 (Navigator) / Sergeant Fanning 419465 (WOAG) / Sergeant Sharples 419226 / Pilot Officer Terrill 419426 (73SQN - passenger)