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Sgt Jack Henry Farmer

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Sgt Jack Henry Farmer

Birth
Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia
Death
26 Aug 1943 (aged 19)
East Sale, Wellington Shire, Victoria, Australia
Burial
Sale, Wellington Shire, Victoria, Australia Add to Map
Plot
Plot B. Row A. Grave 14.
Memorial ID
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Royal Australian Air Force Rank Sergeant 424748
Posting on Death: 1 Operational Training Unit East Sale.
He was one of four crew participating in a non-operational low dive bombing attack on a target. During the exercise their Aircraft crashed into Lake Wellington three miles East of Sale.
The crew of four were all killed , they were....

Sergeant Jack Henry Farmer (424748) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Flying Officer Colin Scott Ferguson (411134) (Pilot)
Sgt Thomas Leonard Keith Lindsay (423889) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Wallace Gard Prout (422061) (Wireless Air Gunner)

He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Mosman NSW. also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wagner Farmer, and stepson of Violet May Farmer, of Mosman, New South Wales.
Royal Australian Air Force Rank Sergeant 424748
Posting on Death: 1 Operational Training Unit East Sale.
He was one of four crew participating in a non-operational low dive bombing attack on a target. During the exercise their Aircraft crashed into Lake Wellington three miles East of Sale.
The crew of four were all killed , they were....

Sergeant Jack Henry Farmer (424748) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Flying Officer Colin Scott Ferguson (411134) (Pilot)
Sgt Thomas Leonard Keith Lindsay (423889) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Wallace Gard Prout (422061) (Wireless Air Gunner)

He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Mosman NSW. also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wagner Farmer, and stepson of Violet May Farmer, of Mosman, New South Wales.

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