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WALLACE, Donald James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 429418 |
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Enlisted: | 9 March 1942 |
Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Longreach, Queensland, Australia, 11 January 1924 |
Home Town: | Longreach, Longreach, Queensland |
Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Pilot Officer |
Died: | Flying Battle, New Guinea, 24 August 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial, Longreach Memorial Pool & Aquatic Centre, Longreach War Memorial, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 2 Service
9 Mar 1942: | Enlisted | |
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15 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, SN 429418, Brisbane, Queensland |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Pilot Officer Wallace 429418 of 80SQN RAAF was killed when Kittyhawk A29-631 was shot down near Babo, Dutch New Guinea - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Lae Memorial