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BLACK, Jack Cecil

Service Numbers:	Q185939, O12492
Enlisted:	14 June 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 February 1922
Home Town:	Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Enoggera State School, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Accounts Clerk Zupp Motors, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
Died:	Kidney Failure, Moruya, New South Wales, Australia, 28 April 2006, aged 84 years
Cemetery:	Narooma General Cemetery, NSW Memorial ID - 229259812
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World War 2 Service

14 Jun 1940:	Involvement Sergeant, Q185939
14 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Q185939
14 Jun 1940:	Enlisted
30 Jan 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Q185939
30 Jan 1942:	Discharged
1 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, O12492, No. 35 Squadron (RAAF) - WW2
22 Jun 1944:	Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Promulgated in the London Gazette on 8 Dec 1944 & Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 Dec 1944. Award presented by the Governer of Queensland at Government House, Brisbane on 20 Nov 1946. Citation: "Numerous attacks at KIEL, BERLIN, &c.,
17 Jan 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, O12492, No. 35 Squadron (RAAF) - WW2

Malayan Emergency Service

29 Nov 1950:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, O12492, No. 1 Squadron (RAAF), Served with No. 1 Bomber Squadron, Tengah, Malaya from 15 Mar 1951 to 2 Oct 1951 as a Air Gunner (MUG) in Linciln Bombers.

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