Bruce Bertram BARBER

BARBER, Bruce Bertram

Service Number: 400456
Enlisted: 14 September 1940, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 82 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Cairo, Egypt, 18 May 1912
Home Town: Beaufort, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Jackeroo
Died: Flying Battle, Off Netherlands, 21 October 1941, aged 29 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England - Panel 62 , Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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World War 2 Service

14 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400456, Enlisted at Melbourne
21 Oct 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400456, No. 82 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James and May Lightower Barber of Warsash, Hampshire

Also served in the Militia with the 4 Light Horse Regiment, Service number 472205. Enlistment date 19 June 1939 and discharged on the 1 June 1940