Alan James WIGHT

WIGHT, Alan James

Service Number: 40699
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
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World War 2 Service

16 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 40699, RAAF Ground Training Schools, Melbourne, Vic.
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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