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Name: Arthur John Palliser
Country: Australia
Rank: Lieutenant
Service: Australian Flying Corps
Unit: 4 (AFC)
Victories: 7
Born: 02 March 1890
Place of Birth: Launceston, Tasmania
Killed In Action: 05 November 1918 Killed In Action
Place of Death: Belgium
Cemetery: Anvaing Churchyard, Frasnes-lez-Anvaing, Hainaut, Belgium
 
From the Australian Army Service Corps, Palliser transferred to the Australian Flying Corps and was posted to 4 Squadron. Flying the Sopwith Camel, he flamed one balloon and downed a Fokker D.VII before his squadron was re-equipped with the Sopwith Snipe in October 1918. He downed five more Fokker D.VIIs that month but was killed in action several days later by members of Jasta Boelcke.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 16 Sep 1918 0820 4 (AFC) Sopwith Camel (F1403) Fokker D.VII (DES) Frelinghien
2 05 Oct 1918 0645 4 (AFC) Sopwith Camel (E7180) Balloon (DES) NE of Quesnoy
3 28 Oct 1918 1455 4 (AFC) Sopwith Snipe (E8064) Fokker D.VII (DES) Ath
4 28 Oct 1918 1455 4 (AFC) Sopwith Snipe (E8064) Fokker D.VII (DES) Ath
5 29 Oct 1918 1610 4 (AFC) Sopwith Snipe (E8064) Fokker D.VII (DESF) NE of Tournai
6 29 Oct 1918 1610 4 (AFC) Sopwith Snipe (E8064) Fokker D.VII (DES) NE of Tournai
7 29 Oct 1918 1610 4 (AFC) Sopwith Snipe (E8064) Fokker D.VII (OOC) NE of Tournai
 
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