Ivan Frank Lillecrapp

Role: Son of Alfred Edward Lillecrapp and Mary Bayes Farrow — great-grandson of Charles Farrow and Elizabeth Hannah Telfer (1836–1916). Younger brother of Olive Mary Lillecrapp (1899–1993). Distinguished Flying Cross–awarded RAAF bomber pilot — the only confirmed decorated airman on this branch.

Born: 4 June 1917 — Kapunda, SA (book) / Forestville, SA (WikiTree) — ⚠️ conflict, see Notes
Died: 27 May 1996 — Adelaide, SA (book) / Daw Park, SA (WikiTree) — compatible, Daw Park is within Adelaide
Buried: Unlocated — not in Centennial Park, not in Mitcham General, not in the SA newspaper indexes
Spouse: Margaret Meave Burnett (b. 26 April 1919) — m. 14 October 1946, Adelaide
Service: RAAF, No. 467 Squadron — Service No. 429818, rank Flying Officer

Family

Telfer line

Ivan is a non-Telfer surname line — he enters the Telfer tree through his mother:

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Elizabeth Hannah Telfer (1836–1916) m. Charles Farrow
└── Mary Bayes Farrow (1875–1938) m. Alfred Edward Lillecrapp
└── Ivan Frank Lillecrapp (1917–1996) ✈ DFC, 467 Sqn RAAF
```

Life Summary

Ivan Frank Lillecrapp was born on 4 June 1917, the tenth of ten children of Alfred Edward Lillecrapp (1869–1934) and Mary Bayes Farrow (1875–1938). He was the younger brother of Olive Mary Lillecrapp, whose marriage to Dr Cyril Thomas Piper carried this branch of the family forward in the vault.

During the Second World War he served in the Royal Australian Air Force as a Flying Officer with No. 467 Squadron, service number 429818. No. 467 Squadron was one of the RAAF's famous Lancaster heavy-bomber squadrons, flying from RAF Waddington in Bomber Command's main force. For his service he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross — gazetted in the London Gazette on 21 September 1945.

After the war he married Margaret Meave Burnett on 14 October 1946 in Adelaide. They had two daughters, Meredith Meave (b. 1949) and Petrea Bayes (b. 1951), both born at Jamestown in South Australia.

Ivan died on 27 May 1996 in Adelaide. His wife Margaret died just seven weeks later, on 17 July 1996.

Timeline

Military Service — No. 467 Squadron RAAF

These two records were created independently of each other and independently of any family tree.

Sources

✅ Verified facts (≥2 independent source groups):

• Source: Ivan Frank Lillecrapp — Australian War Memorial, Honours & Awards, item R1548148 — Service number 429818; Rank Flying Officer; Unit No. 467 Squadron; Service Royal Australian Air Force; Conflict Second World War, 1939–1945; Award Distinguished Flying Cross — accessed 10 September 2026. (Official government record — source group 1)
• Source: The London Gazette, Supplement 37277, page 4704 — 21 September 1945 — under ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE — DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS — FLIGHT OFFICERS, listed as "IVAN FRANK LILLECRAPP (Aus. 429818), 467 (R.A.A.F.) Sqn." — PDF text extracted and confirmed 10 September 2026. (Official government record — source group 2, independent of the AWM)
• Source: A Telfer Family Tree (Supplement to From the Borders to the Bush, 2008), line 3519 — "10. Ivan Frank LILLECRAPP, b. 4 Jun 1917 Kapunda, SA, d. 27 May 1996 Adelaide, SA"; line 3520 — marriage to Margaret Meave Burnett; lines 3522 & 3526 — daughters Meredith and Petrea — accessed 10 September 2026. (Family book — source group 3)
• Source: WikiTree — Lillecrapp genealogy index — "Ivan Frank Lillecrapp. 04 Jun 1917 Forestville, South Australia, Australia – 27 May 1996 Daw Park, South Australia, Australia" — accessed 10 September 2026. (Compiled tree — source group 4; note the birthplace disagreement)