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FERRERO, Glen Samuel
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 400887 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Born: | Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 22 June 1915 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Brighton Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Insurance Clerk |
| Died: | Heidelberg Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 7 July 1957, aged 42 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
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World War 2 Service
| 10 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 400887 | |
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| 25 Aug 1942: | Imprisoned Libya/North Africa, Army records show. On 11.08.1942.Had to bail out of Wellington Bomber after plane unable to maintain height. After the crew walked 120 miles in 14 days ended up as POW's of the Italians, then handed over to the Germans ended up in Stalag 344. Released on 17.04.1945 by US Army from Dulag Luft Germany. | |
| 31 Jan 1947: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National:1901-1973) Thursday 7 April 1949 (no 25) page 901, RAAF Mentioned in Dispatches Leading Aircraftman (Temporary Warrant Officer) Glen Samuel Ferrero No. 400847 |
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