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BARRETT-LENNARD, Michael Godfrey
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 406912 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Guildford, Western Australia, 13 June 1920 |
| Home Town: | Kondut, Wongan-Ballidu, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Correspondence School, WA |
| Occupation: | Engineering Student |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 22 September 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sage War Cemetery, Sage, Oldenburg, Germany Collective grave 14, Row A, Grave 10-12 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballidu War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Wongan Hills War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406912 | |
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| 26 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Perth Western Australia | |
| 26 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406912 | |
| 22 Sep 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 406912, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Michael Godfrey BARRETT-LENNARD was born in Guildford, Western Australia on 13th June, 1920
His parents were George Graham BARRETT-LENNARD & Maud Gladys Hastings HESTER who married in WA in 1912
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460 Squadron. Plane was DV 219 & was shot down by enemy fighter at 22.30pm and crashed at Bramstedt, Germany
Rank - Flight Sergeant - last unit 460 Squadron
8 August 1945 - Letter from mother seeking son's missing camera
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He died on 22nd September, 1943 & is buried in Sage War Cemetery
- Inscription on his headstone reads -
IN CHERISHED MEMORY - BELOVED BY ALL
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