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KINGSMILL, Colin Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 421339 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, 16 October 1922 |
| Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bondi Public School & Randwick High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk - Qantas Airways Ltd |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 8 July 2001, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 31 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 421339 | |
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| 31 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 421339, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park | |
| 15 Jan 1943: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 421339, Embarked from Melbourne. Disembarked in U.K. on 17 March 1943. | |
| 17 Mar 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, Royal Air Force - unspecified units | |
| 7 Nov 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421339, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
| 23 Nov 1943: | Imprisoned Air War NW Europe 1939-45, RAAF Lancaster III ED664 Shot Down on Berlin Raid. Taken POW. | |
| 8 Aug 1945: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 421339, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Repatriated Ex-POW Stalag 4B. | |
| 31 Oct 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 421339 |
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