Warwick Melville BEAUCHAMP

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BEAUCHAMP, Warwick Melville

Service Number:	421880
Enlisted:	24 April 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 160 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 9 March 1924
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	West Marrickville School & North Newtown IHS, Sydney
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Sigiriya, Ceylon, 19 April 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Liveramentu Cemetery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 421880
24 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Sydney
24 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421880
19 Apr 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421880, No. 160 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Warwick Melville BEAUCHAMP was born in Auburn, Sydney, New South Wales on 9th March, 1924

His parents were Henry (Harry) Cecil BEAUCHAMP & Mary Winifred MOLLOY who married in England in 1922 (registered in Southwark, London)

He enlisted in Sydney on 24th April, 1942 with the Royal Australian Air Force - his last rank was a Flight Sergeant with the 160 Squadron (RAF)

Warwick died in a Flying Batttle on 19th April, 1944 at Sigiriya, Ceylon after his Liberator aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff while on a dive bombing attack on the enemy , he is buried in the Colombo (Liveramentu) Cemetery in Sri Lanka - his name is memorialsed on the Australian War Memorial

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His grandfather Henry Cecil BEAUCHAMP served during WW1 (SN 1211) in the 2nd Remount Unit and returned to Australia in 1916 - he also served in British Units

Biography

Plane was Liberator Mark V, BZ864. 160 Squadron. Lost near Sigiriya, Ceylon

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