David Bernard BENSON

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Service Number:	402487
Enlisted:	16 September 1940
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 October 1918
Home Town:	Highett, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	St. Patrick's College Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Prisoner of War, Morotai Island, Halmahera Island, Netherlands East Indies, 31 March 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 32. Row D. Grave 13.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 402487
16 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 402487, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
31 Dec 1944:	Imprisoned Captured by the Japanese Occupational Force and executed on or before 31st March 1945 in the Kakaskasan area North Celebes.
31 Mar 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)

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