Birth:13 January 19172930 Death:31 July 2009 (Age 92) Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
Personal Facts and Details
Birth
13 January 19172930
Military Service
between 1944 and 1945 (Age 26)
Note: WW2 Service Record:
Name: BOASE, BRUCE CHAPMAN Service: Royal Australian Air Force Service Number: 140157 Date of Birth: 13 Jan 1917 Place of Birth: MILLICENT, SA Date of Enlistment: 29 Apr 1943 Locality on Enlistment: MILLICENT Place of Enlistment: ADELAIDE Next of Kin: BOASE, FREDERICK Date of Discharge: 20 May 1946 Rank: Leading Aircraftman Posting at Discharge: 100 SQUADRON
Memories
Note: "Aunt Thel and I [Bruce Boase] and Skitchy [Ralph Skitch, Thel's husband] used to go sing everywhere. Aunt Thel and I used to sing a lot. Ralph and Gwen Snelling [soprano] used to go to Mount Gambier and Naracoorte, a lot with the churches."
"Some of us boys sang at the bucks shows: Max - "Cracker," "Boxer" - Clinton Billinger, Nick, "Fot"- Bill Bowering, and me, "Bus"."
Death
31 July 2009 (Age 92) Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
WW2 Service Record: Name: BOASE, BRUCE CHAPMAN Service: Royal Australian Air Force Service Number: 140157 Date of Birth: 13 Jan 1917 Place of Birth: MILLICENT, SA Date of Enlistment: 29 Apr 1943 Locality on Enlistment: MILLICENT Place of Enlistment: ADELAIDE Next of Kin: BOASE, FREDERICK Date of Discharge: 20 May 1946 Rank: Leading Aircraftman Posting at Discharge: 100 SQUADRON
Memories
"Aunt Thel and I [Bruce Boase] and Skitchy [Ralph Skitch, Thel's husband] used to go sing everywhere. Aunt Thel and I used to sing a lot. Ralph and Gwen Snelling [soprano] used to go to Mount Gambier and Naracoorte, a lot with the churches."
"Some of us boys sang at the bucks shows: Max - "Cracker," "Boxer" - Clinton Billinger, Nick, "Fot"- Bill Bowering, and me, "Bus"."