John Colin Ayliffe DFC (1919 – 2022)

John Colin Ayliffe DFC (1919 – 2022)

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...
Lyall Robert Klaffer AFC OAM (1928 – 2021)

Lyall Robert Klaffer AFC OAM (1928 – 2021)

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...
David Inglis Murrie (1923 – 2021)

David Inglis Murrie (1923 – 2021)

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...
FLGOFF Frederick Cecil Riley  (1919 – 2022)

FLGOFF Frederick Cecil Riley (1919 – 2022)

Frederick Cecil Riley was born in Motherwell, Scotland, on 20 February 1919, the second youngest of nine children. His father, Cecil Urquhart Riley, served with the Gordon Highlander Regiment during World War 1. While an older brother immigrated to South Australia in...