Roy Eric AYRE

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Service Number:	422095
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, Northern Territory C.A.2., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nhulunbuy Wall of Remembrance

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 422095
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)

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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

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