Archie Roye RACKETT

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Service Numbers:	1088, 282469
Enlisted:	14 May 1915
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	RAAF Laverton
Born:	Glanville, Adelaide, South Australia, 18 February 1896
Home Town:	Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, Adelaide, South Australia, 9 October 1953, aged 57 years
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Kendrew Oval - Row 8, Site 53
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Meadows Boys Roll of Honour, Meadows War Memorial

14 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1088, 27th Infantry Battalion
31 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1088, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
31 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1088, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
11 Feb 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant
1 Jun 1918:	Imprisoned

21 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 282469
21 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 282469, RAAF Laverton
10 Mar 1947:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 282469, RAAF Laverton

Date unknown:	Wounded

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Archie was born in Glanville, South Australia on 18th February, 1896

His parents were William Henry RACKETT & Eva Mary JACOB

He married Aida Bertha McNAMARA in Perth, Western Australia in 1922 - 4 known children, Sadie, David, Pauline & Phillip

He served in both WW1 in the Army and WW2 in the RAAF - during WW1 on 1st June 1918 he was taken prisoner of war by the Germans