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Service Number:	417699
Enlisted:	20 October 1941, Jamestown, SA
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 18 March 1923
Home Town:	Welland, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Queens College North Adelaide, South Australia (1935-39)
Occupation:	Clerk, National Bank of Australasia Ltd., Perth, Western Australia
Died:	Flying Battle, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 31 August 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England. Panel 260.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, North Adelaide Christ Church and Queen's College Honour Roll WW2, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

20 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Jamestown, SA
9 Jul 1942:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 417699
9 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide
9 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417699
13 Aug 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417699, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
Date unknown:	Involvement

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