James Raymond Close 1920–1942 – Close Ancestry

James Raymond Close, 1920–1942 (aged 22 years)

AU WW2 Service Certificate

CWGC Certificate

AU WW2 Service Certificate

CWGC Certificate

AU WW2 Service Certificate

CWGC Certificate

AU WW2 Service Certificate

CWGC Certificate

Name

James Raymond Close

Name: James Raymond /Close/

Source: Contributor: Lyn Hamilton

Gender Male


Birth	March 2, 1920 Laura, South Australia, Australia Note: Name: James Raymond Close Name: James Raymond Close Father's Name: Close Birth Place: South Australia Registration Year: 1917-1922 Registration Place: South Australia Page Number: 553 Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
Milit-Beg	June 18, 1940 Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Note: Name: CLOSE, JAMES RAYMOND Name: CLOSE, JAMES RAYMOND Service: Royal Australian Air Force Service Number: 26784 Date of Birth: 2 Mar 1920 Place of Birth: LAURA, SA Date of Enlistment: 18 Jun 1940 Locality on Enlistment: ROSE PARK, SA Place of Enlistment: ADELAIDE Next of Kin: CLOSE, MARY Date of Death: 28 Sep 1942 Rank: Flight Sergeant Posting on Death: 5 Squadron WW2 Honours and Gallantry: None Prisoner of War: No Roll of Honour: ADELAIDE SA World War Two Nominal Roll AU WW2 Service Certificate
Marriage	Mary Honey — View this family August 24, 1940 (aged 20 years) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Death	September 28, 1942 (aged 22 years) Note: Name: James Raymond Close Name: James Raymond Close Death Date: 1942 Death Place: New South Wales Father's Name: Sydney Kitchen Mother's name: Beatrice May Registration Year: 1942 Registration Place: Narrabri, New South Wales Registration Number: 28283 Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 Death Record
Burial	after September 28, 1942 (0 days after death) Narrabi War Cemetery, Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia Note: Rank: Flight Sergeant Rank: Flight Sergeant Service No: 26784 Date of Death: 28/09/1942 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force Grave Reference: C. of E. Plot. Sec. 2. Row 3. Grave 21. Cemetery: NARRABRI CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Sydney Kitchin Close and Beatrice May Close; husband of Mary Close, of Malvern, South Australia. CWGC Certificate

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: October 4, 1882 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: July 26, 1963 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Beatrice May Bills James Raymond Close Sidney Kitchen Close 1882–1963 Birth: October 4, 1882 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: July 26, 1963 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
mother	Links Birth: May 12, 1884 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: June 5, 1966 — South Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sidney Kitchen Close James Raymond Close Beatrice May Bills 1884–1966 Birth: May 12, 1884 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: June 5, 1966 — South Australia, Australia
elder brother	Ronald Wilkinson Close –
elder brother	Frank William Close –
elder brother	Sidney Maynard Close –
himself	Links Birth: March 2, 1920 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Milit-Beg: June 18, 1940 — Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Marriage: August 24, 1940 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Death: September 28, 1942 Burial: after September 28, 1942 — Narrabi War Cemetery, Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Honey James Raymond Close 1920–1942 Birth: March 2, 1920 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: September 28, 1942

Family with Mary Honey
himself	Links Birth: March 2, 1920 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Milit-Beg: June 18, 1940 — Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Marriage: August 24, 1940 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Death: September 28, 1942 Burial: after September 28, 1942 — Narrabi War Cemetery, Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Honey James Raymond Close 1920–1942 Birth: March 2, 1920 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: September 28, 1942
wife	Links Birth: August 17, 1919 — Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Marriage: August 24, 1940 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Death: April 3, 1965 — Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Raymond Close Family with spouse Mary Honey 1919–1965 Birth: August 17, 1919 — Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Death: April 3, 1965 — Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Marriage	Marriage — August 24, 1940 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Dudley Graham (Bill) Hanson + Mary Honey
wife’s husband	Dudley Graham (Bill) Hanson –
wife	Links Birth: August 17, 1919 — Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Marriage: August 24, 1940 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Death: April 3, 1965 — Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Raymond Close Family with spouse Mary Honey 1919–1965 Birth: August 17, 1919 — Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Death: April 3, 1965 — Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

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Name	Source: Contributor: Lyn Hamilton
Death

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Birth	Name: James Raymond Close Father's Name: Close Birth Place: South Australia Registration Year: 1917-1922 Registration Place: South Australia Page Number: 553 Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
Milit-Beg	Name: CLOSE, JAMES RAYMOND Service: Royal Australian Air Force Service Number: 26784 Date of Birth: 2 Mar 1920 Place of Birth: LAURA, SA Date of Enlistment: 18 Jun 1940 Locality on Enlistment: ROSE PARK, SA Place of Enlistment: ADELAIDE Next of Kin: CLOSE, MARY Date of Death: 28 Sep 1942 Rank: Flight Sergeant Posting on Death: 5 Squadron WW2 Honours and Gallantry: None Prisoner of War: No Roll of Honour: ADELAIDE SA World War Two Nominal Roll
Death	Name: James Raymond Close Death Date: 1942 Death Place: New South Wales Father's Name: Sydney Kitchen Mother's name: Beatrice May Registration Year: 1942 Registration Place: Narrabri, New South Wales Registration Number: 28283 Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
Burial	Rank: Flight Sergeant Service No: 26784 Date of Death: 28/09/1942 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force Grave Reference: C. of E. Plot. Sec. 2. Row 3. Grave 21. Cemetery: NARRABRI CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Sydney Kitchin Close and Beatrice May Close; husband of Mary Close, of Malvern, South Australia.

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Milit-Beg	AU WW2 Service Certificate
Death	Death Record
Burial	CWGC Certificate
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Media object	Death Record
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Media object	AU WW2 Service Certificate
Media object	Death Record
Media object	CWGC Certificate
Media object	AU WW2 Service Certificate
Media object	Death Record
Media object	CWGC Certificate
Media object	AU WW2 Service Certificate
Media object	Death Record
Media object	CWGC Certificate

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March 25, 2014

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Family with parents
father Parents John Thomas Close Frances (Fanny) Wilkinson	Sidney Kitchen Close 1882–1963
mother	Beatrice May Bills 1884–1966
elder brother Family Florence Lillian Reynolds	Ronald Wilkinson Close
elder brother	Frank William Close
elder brother	Sidney Maynard Close
himself	James Raymond Close 1920–1942

Family with Mary Honey
himself	James Raymond Close 1920–1942
wife	Mary Honey 1919–1965

Dudley Graham (Bill) Hanson + Mary Honey
wife’s husband	Dudley Graham (Bill) Hanson
wife	Mary Honey 1919–1965

Descendants

James Raymond Close(1920–1942)
- Mary Honey1940
  - No children