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THORNTON, Arthur Thomas
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 410792, V27872 |
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Enlisted: | 22 August 1940, Richmond, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 103 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Burnley, Victoria, Australia , 21 January 1920 |
Home Town: | Burnley, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk - Mutual Stores Ltd. Melbourne |
Died: | Flying Battle, Denmark, 10 April 1944, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Brande, Denmark A 7 16 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 410792 | |
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22 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, V27872, 2nd Cavalry Division Training Squadron, Richmond, Vic. | |
31 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 410792, No. 103 Squadron (RAF), Melbourne, Vic. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Arthur Henry and Eileen Kathleen Thornton; husband of Shirley Joyce Thornton, of Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.