AMBROSE, Benjamin Southam
| Service Number: | 40040 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1936 |
| Last Rank: | Squadron Leader |
| Last Unit: | No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, 26 October 1915 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Dusseldorf, Germany, 12 June 1943, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Coll. Grave 3. Grave 3-7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Jul 1936: | Enlisted Point Cook, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 15 Jul 1936: | Enlisted 40040 | |
| 12 Jun 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 40040, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Benjamin Southam AMBROSE was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 26th October, 1915
His parents were Arthur Rueben AMBROSE & Margaret (Maggie) WALKER who married in Sydney in 1908
He enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force at Point Cook on 15th July, 1936 & was an Air Cadet until 20th July, 1937
He married to Kathleen RAHILL in England in 1940 - marriage registered in Surrey Mid Eastern in September quarter - she was from Tullyco, Cavan, Ireland
Benjamin was lost in a flying battle during air operations over Dusseldorf Germany & was missing presumed deceased - the plane was a Lancaster W4983 - he was a Squadron Leader (Pilot) in No. 467 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
He is buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery in Collective grave 3A , grave 3 to 7
Inscription reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER.
KITTY AND BRENDA. R.I.P.
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