WILSON, Lionel Adolphus
| Service Number: | 403167 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1940, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Bradfield Park |
| Born: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia , 31 January 1912 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield, Waratah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 5 January 1945, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hanover War Cemetery Joint grave 2. F. 7-7A. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 403167 | |
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| 9 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 403167, RAAF Bradfield Park, Sydney, NSW |
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Son of Adolphus Henry and Alice Tobatha Wilson, of Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Beatrice Jean Victoria Wilson, of Mayfield, New South Wales.
MAY GOD REST HIS GALLANT SOUL
Flying Officer L. A. Wilson Mrs. Lyall Wilson, of "Mayfield,'" daughter of Mrs. M. A. Baldwin, of "Glenfield," Inverell, has been officially advised that her husband Flying Officer L. A. Wilson, previously reported missing is now presumed to have been killed on the night of January 5th, 1945, whilst in a Halifix night raider, over Hanover.
The late Flying Officer Wilson, who at the time of enlistment was on the staff of the Bank of N.S.W. at Wingham, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wilson, of Mayfield, and was well-known and held in great respect in the banking circles in Newcastle. Besides his wife the deceased young Fix this textairman leaves one child, Kerry, now four years old, who as born after his father left for overseas.
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