Leo Frederick Joseph BROWN

BROWN, Leo Frederick Joseph

Service Number: 416018
Enlisted: 3 March 1941
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Stirling West, SA, 26 December 1915
Home Town: Stirling (SA), Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: AIrcraft shot down on night bombing raid, North sea, North West Europe, 24 June 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Adelaide Savings Bank of South Australia Honour Roll WW2, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 416018, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide, SA
3 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 416018
24 Jun 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 416018, No. 156 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by mike malpass

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