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WIGHT, Alan James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 40699 |
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Enlisted: | 16 May 1941 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | RAAF East Sale |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 2 October 1922 |
Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Fitter & turner |
Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 June 2000, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
16 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 40699, RAAF Ground Training Schools, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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16 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 40699 | |
28 Sep 1941: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, RAAF Point Cook, Armourer's School | |
23 Aug 1942: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
29 Oct 1942: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, RAAF Base (Richmond) | |
28 Apr 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 79 Squadron (RAAF), Servicing Spitfires operating from Goodenough Island in the Solomon Sea. | |
31 Dec 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 6 Squadron (RAAF), Servicing Beaufort bombers operating out of Goodenough Island, near Milne Bay. | |
20 Oct 1944: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, RAAF East Sale, 1st Operational Training Unit | |
1 Dec 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, RAAF East Sale, 1st Operational Training Unit | |
26 Nov 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 40699 | |
26 Nov 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 40699, RAAF East Sale, 1st Operational Training Unit | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Corporal, 40699, Royal Australian Air Force |
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