Jack Stanley BIFFEN

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Service Number:	411839
Enlisted:	25 May 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 28 September 1921
Home Town:	Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Boys High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Glass worker
Died:	Flying Battle, Schoonebeek, Netherlands, 24 May 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Schoonebeek (Oud Schoonebeek) General Cemetery, Netherlands Plot 3, Row 1, Grave 748,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

25 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 411839, Sydney, New South Wales
25 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 411839
8 Aug 1941:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 411839, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Embarked from Sydney for Canada
16 Mar 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
20 Aug 1942:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, Bomber Command Training Units
17 Sep 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
21 Apr 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
24 May 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 411839, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
24 May 1943:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 411839, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), K.I.A.

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Rank - Flt. Sgt

Planewas Lancaster 111 4984. Lost near Oud Schoonebeck, Holland. Squadron 460

Son of Alfred Stanley and Henrietta Biffen, of Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia.