Dennis Ronald BARR

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BARR, Dennis Ronald

Service Number:	418910
Enlisted:	20 June 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Cohuna, Victoria, Australia, 28 July 1923
Home Town:	Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Gympie State School; Mead State School
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Flying Battle, Avant-Les-Marcilly, France, 4 May 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Avant-les-Marcilly Churchyard Aube France Grave 3 Roll of Honour - St Kilda, Victoria, Avant-les-Marcilly Churchyard, Avant-les-Marcilly, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 418910
20 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 418910, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
20 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 418910

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lancaster ME728 of 460 Squadron RAAF based at RAF Binbrook was shot down and crashed near the town of Avant-Les-Marcilly in France - killed were LLOYD, Norman David Livingstone (Pilot Officer) 414050 / BARR, Dennis Ronald (Flight Sergeant) 418910 / HOBBS, Ronald Henry (Flight Sergeant) 424297

Biography

Plane was Lancaster ME728. 460 Squadron. Plane crashed near Avant Les Marcilly, 21 miles north west of Troyes. Operational target was Mailly, France

Played the piano accordian

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