Philip William BENSON

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Service Number:	424949
Enlisted:	10 October 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 March 1912
Home Town:	Cremorne, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fort Street High School, Taverner's Hill, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Probate Clerk, NSW Public Trust Office
Died:	Air raid on Courtrai, Courtrai, Belgium, 21 July 1944, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Wevelgem Old Communal Cemetery, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Petersham Fort Street High School WW2 Honour Roll

10 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 424949, Aircrew Training Units
10 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424949
21 Jul 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424949, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Son of Harold and Selina Victoria BENSON; husband of Denise Eileen BENSON, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia.