Francis Bruce BEALE

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BEALE, Francis Bruce

Service Number:	402842
Enlisted:	11 November 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 457 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 June 1916
Home Town:	Killara, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Assistant Store Manager, GJ Coles, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died:	Flying Battle, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 28 May 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 6, Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gunnedah Cenotaph, Killara Golf Club WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 402842, No. 452 Squadron (RAAF)
11 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
11 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402842, No. 457 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography

Previously served in the Militia, 114 Heavy Battery

152, 452 and 457 Squadrons

Rank - Flying Officer

Plane was Spitfire BR 493. Disappeared when operating from Millingimbi Island base but was not seen to crash nor was any wreckage found the following day.Flying Officer Beale pilot of one of 8 Spitfires and or Hudsons which engaged enemy planes.

Son of Francis Joseph and Myrtle Gwendoline Beale, of Killara, New South Wales.

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