Arthur Ronald GILES

GILES, Arthur Ronald

    Service Numbers: S39961, 417464
    Enlisted: 26 September 1941
    Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 576 Squadron (RAF)
    Born: Auburn, South Australia, 25 June 1922
    Home Town: Willunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 12 September 1944, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany
    Rheinberg War Cemetery, Rheinberg, Germany
    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Watervale Morella School Honour Roll
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    World War 2 Service

    26 Sep 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S39961
    26 Sep 1941: Enlisted Torrens Hall, SA
    26 Sep 1941: Involvement Private, S39961
    23 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417464
    23 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417464, Adelaide, South Australia
    24 May 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417464
    27 May 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 576 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Lost on 24th mission enroute to Frankfurt, when Lancaster ME854 (UL-D2) was hit by anti-aricraft fire and then subsequently shot down by a JU-88 nightfighter piloted by Haputman Martin Becker of 2 NJG6
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Lost on 24th mission enroute to Frankfurt, when Lancaster ME854 (UL-D2) was hit by anti-aricraft fire and then subsequently shot down by a JU-88 nightfighter piloted by Haputman Martin Becker of 2 NJG6

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