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AYRE, Roy Eric
Personal Details
Service Number: | 422095 |
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Enlisted: | 25 April 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 83 Squadron (RAF) (Pathfinder Force) |
Born: | Bexley, New South Wales, Australia, 12 September 1920 |
Home Town: | Punchbowl, Canterbury, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental, Melville Bay, Northern Territory, Australia, Melville Bay, Gove, Northern Territory, Australia, 22 May 1944, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT C.A.2., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nhulunbuy Wall of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 422095 | |
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25 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units | |
25 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 422095 | |
22 May 1944: | Involvement Flying Officer, No. 83 Squadron (RAF) (Pathfinder Force), 83 Squadron (RAAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of John Ernest and Edith Susan Margaret Ayre
Husband of Marjorie Winifred Ayre of Punchbowl, NSW
Pilot Officer Roy Eric Ayre 422095 was killed in the loss of Boomerang A46-173 of 83SQN RAAF near Gove, NT