BARRETT-LENNARD, Michael Godfrey
| 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, Australia, 13 June 1920 |
| Home Town: | Kondut, Wongan-Ballidu, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Northam High School, Western Australia, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineering Student, St. George's College, The University of Western Australia, Perth |
| 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, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Wongan Hills War Memorial |
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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Graham and Maud Gladys Hastings Barrett-Lennard, of Kondut, Western Australia.
IN CHERISHED MEMORY. BELOVED BY ALL
Flt-Sgt Michael Barrett-Lennard (23), son of Mr and Mrs G. Barrett-Lennard of Kondut, who has been reported missing as a result of air operations over enemy occupied territory. He was educated at the Northam High School where he was an outstanding student and at the University of Perth where he was a civil engineering student. Flf-Sgt Barrett-Lennard was serving with the RAAF in England.
Biography
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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