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

Sex Male


Birth	2 March 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	18 June 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 24 August 1940 (aged 20 years) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Death	28 September 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 28 September 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: 4 October 1882 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: 26 July 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: 4 October 1882 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: 26 July 1963 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
mother	Links Birth: 12 May 1884 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: 5 June 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: 12 May 1884 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: 5 June 1966 — South Australia, Australia
elder brother	Ronald Wilkinson Close –
elder brother	Frank William Close –
elder brother	Sidney Maynard Close –
himself	Links Birth: 2 March 1920 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Milit-Beg: 18 June 1940 — Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Marriage: 24 August 1940 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Death: 28 September 1942 Burial: after 28 September 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: 2 March 1920 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: 28 September 1942

Family with Mary Honey
himself	Links Birth: 2 March 1920 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Milit-Beg: 18 June 1940 — Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Marriage: 24 August 1940 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Death: 28 September 1942 Burial: after 28 September 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: 2 March 1920 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: 28 September 1942
wife	Links Birth: 17 August 1919 — Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Marriage: 24 August 1940 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Death: 3 April 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: 17 August 1919 — Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Death: 3 April 1965 — Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Marriage	Marriage — 24 August 1940 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Dudley Graham (Bill) Hanson + Mary Honey
wife’s husband	Dudley Graham (Bill) Hanson –
wife	Links Birth: 17 August 1919 — Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Marriage: 24 August 1940 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Death: 3 April 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: 17 August 1919 — Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Death: 3 April 1965 — Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

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Milit-Beg
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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
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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Last change

25 March 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