Laurence Noel BERRY

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BERRY, Laurence Noel

Service Number:	50804
Enlisted:	16 February 1942, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Radar Stations (RAAF)
Born:	Balranald, New South Wales, Australia, 26 December 1912
Home Town:	Balranald, Balranald, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand at Yanga Station, Balranald, New South Wales, Australia
Died:	Ground Accident, New Guinea, 13 July 1945, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot L. Row A. Grave 5. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balranald War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 50804
16 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 50804, Enlisted at Melbourne
18 Oct 1944:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Radar Stations (RAAF), 346 Radar Station, Madang.

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Montague and Blanche Georgina Spencer Berry; husband of Ellen May Berry, of Balranald, New South Wales.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Leading Aircraftman Lawrence Noel Berry 50804 and Leading Aircraftman Sydney Ernest Lyons 72043 from 3RIMU (Number 3 Radio Installation and Maintenance Unit - attached to 346 RADAR Station) were drowned between Krankit Island and Madang, New Guinea

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