Rex Arthur GLASSON

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Service Number:	417300
Enlisted:	28 March 1942, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 166 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Kadina, South Australia, 9 January 1919
Home Town:	Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cinematographer / Projectionist
Died:	Flying Battle, Belgium, 19 March 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

28 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 417300, Adelaide, South Australia
19 Mar 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 417300, No. 166 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography written by Tyla Peters, Endeavour SA attached as a document. Winning entry for 2020 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize.