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Oliver

Firstname

Hedley

Middle Name

Wiles

Surname

Date of Birth

School Years:

Date of Death:

1931 - 41

Family

Father: Rev. O. D. Wiles. Baptist Minister Ipswich and senior Chaplain to the British Forces

School Record

Prefect and Captain of the School. Captain of Rugger, Hockey and Cricket. Queen's Scholar.

Branch of Service:

RAFVR

Service Number:

Rank:

Decorations:

Service Record

War Substantive Flight Lieutenant

Campaign Medals.

Post War Career

He trained in Canada and served first off Newfoundland and then Northern Scotland where he flew Fortresses over the Arctic and Norway.

He flew civilian planes and joined K. L. M. in Holland. He then lost his flying licence through illness. He then joined I. A. T. A. and finally worked largely by himself as an "inter-State Marketing Consultant"

Burial Information

Additional Information

Obituary OIM volume 25 1977 page 53.

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