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SANDERS, Francis Carstairs
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 416155 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 31 March 1941, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, 20 July 1920 |
| Home Town: | Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Bank Teller |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Italy, 26 September 1944, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Faenza Commonwealth War Cemetery, Italy Grave 2 F8, Faenza War Cemetery, Italy |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jamestown and District WW2 Honour Roll, Melbourne Bank of Australasia 'In Remembrance' Honour Roll WW2, Spalding & District War Memorial Gates, Spalding Washpool WW2 Roll of Honor, Washpool Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 31 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 416155, Adelaide, South Australia | |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416155 | |
| 1 Jan 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416155, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 26 Sep 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416155, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Saw conflict from 1939 to 1944. Body was exhumed from Castel Petro Cemetery and reinterred in Faenza War Cemetery near Bologna Italy, grave no 2F8.
His father, Lieut. Francis Gordon Sanders (/explore/people/345748) served in the Boer War and WW1.
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