David Sydney ALEXANDER

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ALEXANDER, David Sydney

Service Number:	420109
Enlisted:	11 October 1941, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 466 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 20 April 1922
Home Town:	Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Randwick Primary School, New South Wales; Paddington Junior School, New South Wales; Technical School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Millk Tester
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 29 January 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery Collective grave. Plot 5, Row H, Grave 3-6 Headstone inscription reads: His duty well and nobly done
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 420109
11 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 420109, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
17 Oct 1942:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, 420109, Embarked at Sydney, NSW for UK
24 Apr 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 466 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Leonard Wellington Alexander and Elsie Alexander of 12 McLennan Street, Randwick, NSW.

Studied radio wiring for sixteen months while at Technical School, NSW.

He enjoyed playing sports and competed in cricket, football, hockey, tennis, both ice skating and roller skating, swimming, surfing and billiards

At the time of enlistment he was employed by Dairy Farmers Company, 700 Harris Street, Sydney, NSW

Medal: 1939-45 War Medal

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