Allan Porter SKERMAN

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Service Numbers:	QX4520, 440350
Enlisted:	3 November 1939, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Aircraftman 2 (WW2)
Last Unit:	No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School Narrandera
Born:	Warwick, Queensland, 17 February 1917
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mounted Police constable
Memorials:

3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Private, QX4520, Brisbane, Queensland
4 Nov 1939:	Involvement Private, QX4520, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
11 Dec 1943:	Discharged Corporal, QX4520, 2nd/1st Docks Operating Company
13 Dec 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 440350, No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School Narrandera, Brisbane, Queensland
15 Oct 1944:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 440350, No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School Narrandera

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Army Service - Enlisted: A.I.F. 03 Nov 1939 SERN: QX4520 Unit: 2/9th Infantry Battalion.

Overseas: 693 days including about six months in England followed by eighteen months in the Middle East with action at Giarabub and in Tobruk.

In Australia, about one week with a beachhead landing group that was disbanded and then about eighteen months in Cairns with 2/1st Docks Control.

Discharged: 11 Dec 1943

RAAF Service: Aircrew trainee on 49 Course from 13 Dec 1943 to 15 Oct 1944. SERN: 440350