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Flying Officer Geoffrey Robert Palmer

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Flying Officer Geoffrey Robert Palmer Veteran

Birth
Perth, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Death
14 Jan 1945 (aged 22)
Meerhout, Arrondissement Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium
Burial
Leopoldsburg, Arrondissement Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
I. B. 14.
Memorial ID
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Flying Officer Royal Australian Air Force 415820 (Navigator)
Medals: 1939/45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star & Clasp France & Germany, War Medal, Australia Service Medal.
Posting on Death: 111 Operational Training Unit.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Liberator T528; Place - Antwerp, Belgium; Date - 14 January 1945.
Shot Down At Meerhout Near Antwerp, probably by a Ju88 Night Fighter, during a Jostle Rcm Patrol over Grevenbroich, 2 of the Crew Survived.
The crew of Liberator T528 were;
PALMER, Geoffrey Robert - (Flying Officer) - 415820 * RAAF
EVENS A L – (Sergeant); Service Number – R185896
NOSEWORTHY G C – (Flight Lieutenant); Service Number – J22147
MELLERS – (Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 578518
CLARK D K – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – R207938
GRAY W A – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 223012
HARTOP – (Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 1880568
RALPH – (Warrant Officer); Service Number – RAF 934263
GALLEY – (Warrant Officer); Service Number – RAF 751813
TRAIL – (Flight Lieutenant); Service Number – RAF 130716
MASON – (Flying Officer); Service Number – RAF 143659.

He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Claremont WA, also his name is located at panel 128 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.

Son of Cecil George and Valentine Grant Palmer, of Claremont, Western Australia.
Father CECIL GEORGE Palmer (1887-1928)
Mother Valentine Grant Carter (1889-1968)
Flying Officer Royal Australian Air Force 415820 (Navigator)
Medals: 1939/45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star & Clasp France & Germany, War Medal, Australia Service Medal.
Posting on Death: 111 Operational Training Unit.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Liberator T528; Place - Antwerp, Belgium; Date - 14 January 1945.
Shot Down At Meerhout Near Antwerp, probably by a Ju88 Night Fighter, during a Jostle Rcm Patrol over Grevenbroich, 2 of the Crew Survived.
The crew of Liberator T528 were;
PALMER, Geoffrey Robert - (Flying Officer) - 415820 * RAAF
EVENS A L – (Sergeant); Service Number – R185896
NOSEWORTHY G C – (Flight Lieutenant); Service Number – J22147
MELLERS – (Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 578518
CLARK D K – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – R207938
GRAY W A – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 223012
HARTOP – (Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 1880568
RALPH – (Warrant Officer); Service Number – RAF 934263
GALLEY – (Warrant Officer); Service Number – RAF 751813
TRAIL – (Flight Lieutenant); Service Number – RAF 130716
MASON – (Flying Officer); Service Number – RAF 143659.

He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Claremont WA, also his name is located at panel 128 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.

Son of Cecil George and Valentine Grant Palmer, of Claremont, Western Australia.
Father CECIL GEORGE Palmer (1887-1928)
Mother Valentine Grant Carter (1889-1968)

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HE LOVED LIFE AND BEAUTY
BUT LIBERTY ABOVE THESE THINGS



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