John Lawrence BARRY

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BARRY, John Lawrence

Service Number:	20047
Enlisted:	20 May 1940, Grafton, NSW
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Glenn Innes New South Wales, Australia , 29 October 1919
Home Town:	Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales
Schooling:	St. Joseph's College Glen Innes
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Aircraft lost on Night Bombing Raid, Germany, 5 May 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany 3. A. 2.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Innes World War 2 Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall

World War 2 Service

20 May 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 20047, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Grafton, NSW
5 May 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 20047, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas William and Clare Maud Barry, of Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia.

REST IN PEACE

Member of the crew of a Lancaster Aircraft which was lost on an operational flight on the night of 4th May 1943. Circumstances surrounding the loss of the aircraft are now know, but it is presumed to have been due to enemy action over the target which it was detailed to.

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