George William FINCH

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FINCH, George William

Service Numbers:	S22777, 417171
Enlisted:	21 December 1939, Southwark, SA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head
Born:	Brompton, South Australia, 22 January 1919
Home Town:	Brompton, South Australia
Schooling:	Woodville High School
Occupation:	Salesman & Traveller
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 7 June 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row D Grave 8
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Clair Woodville High School Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

21 Dec 1939:	Involvement Private, S22777
21 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S22777, 43 Infantry Battalion AMF, Southwark, SA
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 417171, No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head, Adelaide, SA

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Charles Thomas Finch and Violet Elizabeth Finch, of Brompton, South Australia.

W.A.A.F. CORPORAL
KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
SYDNEY. — Four RAAF airmen and a WAAF corporal were killed when carrying out a non-operational aviation training exercise in Northern New South Wales, it was officially announced today. The aircraft burnt a house into which it crashed. Those killed -were: -Flight Sergeant James Ian Noble, pilot, of Inverell; W/O William Henry Osborne, wireless operator, of Fairy Meadow; LAC Roy Cecil Edwards, trainee navigator, of Toowoomba; LAC William John Ervin, trainee navigator, of Trundle NSW; Corporal Joan May McCormack, passenger, of Richmond.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Fairey Battle aircraft L4941 & L5650 from Number 1 Bombing & Gunnery School suffered a mid-air collision near Evans Head

Sergeant Finch 417171 and LAC Mooney 44711 were killed in aircraft L5650

Flight Sergeant Neville Graham Monroe 404979 (discharged from the RAAF in February 1945), LAC Colin Henry Wheatley 425913 (discharged from the RAAF in January 1946) & LAC Noel White 434066 (discharged from the RAAF in March 1946) all survived the incident in aircraft L4941

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