David Charles NICHOLLS

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NICHOLLS, David Charles

Service Numbers:	O22075, 424445
Enlisted:	12 September 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Nabiac, New South Wales, Australia, 19 July 1924
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Amberley, Queensland, Australia, 16 June 1954, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

12 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
12 Sep 1942:	Enlisted O22075

Non Warlike Service

16 Jun 1954:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, O22075, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)

World War 2 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 424445, No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)
Date unknown:	Discharged O22075

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Canberra bomber A84-202 of Number 2 Squadron based at RAAF Amberley crashed killing all crew on board:

FLTLT Francis Davis O23506 (WW2 420642) served with Number 50 Squadron RAF in England during WW2 - cremated at Mount Thompson Crematorium & ashes interred in Columbarium Wall

FLTLT David Nicholls O22075 (WW2 424445) served with Number 461 (RAAF) Squadron in England (Sunderland flying-boats) during WW2 - cremated at Mount Thompson Crematorium

PLTOFF Frederick Adler O311305 was born in Austria in 1923 and arrived in Australia in December 1949 on the SS Orion - buried at Lutwyche cemetery

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