Albert Alfred HARRIS

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HARRIS, Albert Alfred

Service Numbers:	417837, 417837,
Enlisted:	18 July 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 576 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Woodside, South Australia, 12 November 1910
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Woodside Primary School, South Australia
Occupation:	Factory Manager (Cheese Maker)
Died:	Flying Battle, North West Europe, 16 December 1943, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 192, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

18 Jul 1942:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 417837, No. 576 Squadron (RAF)
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417837, RAAF Initial Training School, Adelaide
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417837
16 Dec 1943:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417837,, No. 576 Squadron (RAF), Killed in action over Europe.
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Alfred James Harris and Florence Emily Baldwin married 23 April 1903 at the Methodist Manse, Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Wife: - Eva Olive McKenny married 1 April 1937 at the
Presbyterian Church, Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia.

Fate: - On 16th December 1943 Flight Sergeant Albert Alfred Harris (Air Gunner) aboard Lancaster I DV342 of 576 Squadron, RAF, took off at 1627 hrs from Elsham Wolds for bombing mission over Germany, Lancaster I DV342 crashed at Lichtenberg some 8 kilometres, East North East from the centre of Berlin, where Flight Sergeant Chapman (Air Bomber) and Sergeant Russom (Wireless Operator) are buried in the 1939-45 War Cemetery.

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