Bruce Ernest BARROW

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BARROW, Bruce Ernest

Service Number:	437109
Enlisted:	7 November 1942
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 106 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Medindie, South Australia, 24 June 1924
Home Town:	Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Nailsworth School, Blair Athol School, Adelaide High School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 14 March 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Nailsworth Primary School WW2 Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

7 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 437109, Adelaide, South Australia
7 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 437109
14 Mar 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 437109, No. 106 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Robert Ernest and Elma Joy Barrow, of Prospect, South Australia.

Prospect Airman
Missing Over Europe
Flying-Officer Bruce Ernest Barrow, 20, of Grassmere road, Prospect, has been reported missing in an air operation over Europe. Advice of this has been received by his parents. Mr. and Mrs.. R. E. Barrow. Flying - Officer Barrow, who was captain of a Lancaster bomber, was a cadet in the Air training Corps before he joined the Royal Australian Air Force in November 1942. He went overseas in 1943. He was educated at Nailsworth, Blair Athol and Adelaide High School.

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