CHASE, Lloyd Patteson
| Service Number: | 63 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 3 June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Station Manager |
| Died: | Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 17 August 1962, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 63, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 63, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 15 Mar 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps | |
| 3 Jun 1919: | Honoured Air Force Cross |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
L. P. CHASE embarked as Corporal in 39th Battalion, and arrived in France as Sergeant in October 1916. He served six months in the
trenches, and then, being recommended for commission, was sent to O.T.C. in England. About June 1917 he was transferred to A.F.C., and, having trained with R.A.F., was appointed Flying Officer (Pilot) and to be 2nd Lieutenant on 15th December 1917; he was promoted to Lieutenant on 15th March 1918. He went to No. 3 Squadron in France in January 1918 and remained as Pilot for eight months. In the Battles of Hamel on 4th July and Amiens on 8th August 1918 he was acting Flight Commander of B Flight, and, with his Observer, on
22nd August shot down two Nuns in a combat with six enemy aircraft. His Record Book shows that during 273 hours war flying in France he did 124 trips over the line for the purpose of photographic and bombing work, and that 318 photographic plates were exposed by him, and 268 bombs, weighing in the aggregate three tons,
were dropped. He was on 3rd June 1919 awarded Air Force Cross. Upon returning to Australia his appointment was terminated on 27th June 1920.