People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Arthur, Wilfrid Stanley

Birth

7 December, 1919
Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia

Death

23 December, 2000 (aged 81)
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Cause of Death

pneumonia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Education

• Yelarbon State School (Qld)
• Scots College (Warwick, Qld)
• RAAF College (Point Cook)

Occupation or Descriptor

• air force officer
• clerk
• dairy farmer
• mining official
• public servant

Military Service

• World War II
• No. 3 Squadron
• No. 2 Operational Training Unit (Mildura)
• No. 75 Squadron
• No. 81 Wing Headquarters (Noemfoor, Netherlands East Indies)
• Borneo Campaign (1945)
• No. 78 Wing Headquarters (Nadzab, PNG)

Awards

• Distinguished Flying Cross
• Distinguished Service Order

Key Organisations

• Northern Territory Port Authority

Workplaces

• Australian School of Pacific Administration
• Dept of Post-War Reconstruction (Federal)
• Koornong School (Warrandyte, Vic)
• Colombo Plan
• Peko Wallsend Ltd
• Ranger Uranium Mines Pty Ltd