by admin | Apr 11, 2023 | Salute Their Service
World War 2 Douglas Edward Hoile was born 20 May 1924 in Laura, a rural town in the mid north of South Australia. His father was a Gallipoli veteran having served with the 12th Battalion. His uncle Private Charles Valentine Hoile, served with the 14th Field Ambulance...
by admin | Apr 11, 2023 | Salute Their Service
455 SQN pilot– WW2 Born on 24 Nov 1919 at Peterborough, Colin John Ayliffe was educated at St Josephs Convent School, Peterborough, from 1925 to 1935. Prior to World War 2, was employed as a Clerk in the South Australia Railways. He enlisted in the RAAF at No 5...
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Korea, Malta, Vietnam Lyall Robert Klaffer was born in Prospect, South Australia, in 1928. He attended Nailsworth Primary School and then Adelaide High School before leaving school at the age of 14 to work at F.H. Faulding and Co. Wanting to be a RAAF pilot, he...
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World War 2 Maritime Pilot Robert “Nobby” Trevor Clark was born on 23 February 1914 the youngest of six children to parents Eli and Mary Clark. Living in Myrtle Bank in south-eastern Adelaide, he completed his last three years of education at St Peters College where...
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4SQN Boomerang pilot – WW2 David Inglis Murrie was born 18th October 1923 in Adelaide. Growing up in a farming family in the Eden Valley in the Barossa, David went to Urrbrae Agricultural High School and then Roseworthy Agriculture College. Enlisting in Adelaide on 2...
