James Hedley ABRAHAM

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Service Number:	426482
Enlisted:	17 July 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Blenheim, Queensland, Australia, 11 November 1921
Home Town:	Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Brisbane State High School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Audit clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Belgium, 21 July 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Kaaskerke Communal Cemetery, Belgium Grave #120,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

17 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Brisbane, Queensland
17 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426482
18 Jul 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 426482
21 Jul 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426482, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Their Lancaster Bomber (LM119) crashed at approximately 02.00am after departing Waddington, ENG on their 2nd sortie to attack the rail yards of Courtrai, Belgium.

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467 Squadron

Rank - Flight Sergeant

Son of August Eric and Minna Bettie Abraham, of Wynnum North, Queensland, Australia