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BEHRNDT, Raymond Carl

Service Number:	416406
Enlisted:	23 June 1941, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Unley, South Australia, 22 May 1916
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Primary School Teacher (Dept. of Education)
Died:	Flying Battle, Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean, 17 November 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Streaky Bay District of Mount Cooper WW2 Pictorial Honour Roll, Streaky Bay and District Roll of Honour WW2

World War 2 Service

23 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 416406, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor, Adelaide, SA
21 Aug 1941:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No.1 Elementary Flying Training School Parafield
16 Oct 1941:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala
30 Mar 1942:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, General Reconnaissance School Bairnsdale
8 Oct 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)
18 Nov 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Herman Frederick Albert and Gertrude Marie Ida Behrndt, of Adelaide, South Australia.