Younger, Charles

YOUNGER, Charles DFC.

RAAF, number 405706

Flight Lieutenant, 681 Squadron

Charles Irving Younger was born at Burwood, NSW on 5^th January, 1916.

Prior to enlistment, he was a jackeroo and then overseer on Western Queensland properties. He joined the RAAF when the recruiting train came to Longreach on 24^th May, 1941.

Trained at Sandgate, Tamworth and Deniliquin, he was then posted to the United Kingdom where he did some aircraft ferrying. From there, he was posted to 680 Squadron RAF in the Middle East and from there to 681 Squadron RAF in Burma.

Receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross, he was finally discharged on 12^th November, 1945.

He returned to Western Queensland as an Extension Officer with the Department of Agriculture and Stock, which became the Primary Industries Department, retaining a pride of his association with the Spitfire Association.

Edited Geoff Litchfield