BROWN, John Eyre
| Service Number: | 417809 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1942, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Quorn, South Australia, 23 July 1922 |
| Home Town: | Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Peterborough High School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Carriage builder |
| Died: | Flying Battle, France, 21 April 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Clichy Northern Cemetery, France Plot 16, Row 14, Grave 5, |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Peterborough & District Town Hall Honour Board WW2 Enlistments, Peterborough St Peter's Anglican Church Roll of Honour WW2, Peterborough War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 19 Jul 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor, Empire Air Training Scheme, No. 30 Course | |
| 5 May 1943: | Embarked | |
| 21 Apr 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417809, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Aircraft lost on raid over La Chappelle Railway Marshalling Yards in the 'Transportation Plan' raids pre D Day |
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Remembered with plaque on family headstone at Peterborough cemetery
Biography
Plane was Lancaster Mark 111, ND732.
Biography
Service Number: 417809
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Unit: 467 Squadron
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945
Date of death: 21 April 1944
Place of death: France
Cause of death: Flying Battle
Cemetery or memorial details: Clichy Northern Cemetery, Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Source: AWM148 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, Air Force
Flt Sgt John Eyre Brown service no. 417809 ..enlisted 18th July 1942 No. 5 Recruiting Centre RAAF Adelaide
Initial Training at "Mt Breckan" Victor Harbor, South Australia
Embarked from Melbourne 5th May 1943 for UK
1944 Stationed at RAF Waddington as Air Gunner(rear) for Lancaster bomber ND732 467 Squadron RAAF
On night of 20/21st April 1944 left base to bomb marshalling yards at La Chappelle France and never returned to base
It was established that their aircraft was hit by flack and crashed at Le Blanc Mesnil with crew lost. They are buried at Clichy Northern Cemetery on the northern boundary of Paris
There is a monument in Le Blanc Mesnil dedicated to the crew.
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