John Mcarthur DUNBAR

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Service Number:	416661
Enlisted:	16 August 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Penola, South Australia, Australia, 30 January 1915
Home Town:	Penola, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station and Farm Hand
Died:	Flying Battle, Timor, 24 December 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 11. Row A. Collective Grave 3-7. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...ALWAYS REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Penola Coonawarra & Penola Sub-Branch R.S.S.&A.I.L.A. Honour Roll, Penola Memorial Walk, Penola Scholars Roll of Honor, Penola War Memorial

16 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 416661, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide
16 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 416661
17 Aug 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 416661, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme
24 Dec 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 416661, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45, Killed in Action

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