Douglas Payne BILLMAN

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BILLMAN, Douglas Payne

Service Numbers:	423045, N18245
Enlisted:	9 August 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 100 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 November 1922
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Trinity Grammar Melbourne & Swinburne Technical College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Flying Battle, France, 26 July 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Verrieres Churchyard Cemetery, France Collective Grave
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 423045
9 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), N18245, 30th Infantry Battalion
29 Dec 1941:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), N18245, 30th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 423045
26 Jul 1944:	Involvement Royal Air Force , Flying Officer, 423045, No. 100 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Douglas Payne BILLMAN was born in Melbourne on 25th November, 1922

His parents were George Henry BILLMAN & Ethel Louisa CAIN who married in Victoria in 1921

He first enlisted in the Army on 9th August, 1940 and was discharged on 29th December, 1941 after serving with the 30th Infantry Battalion

He re-enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force on 20th June 1942 & died in a Flying Battle on France on 26th July, 1944 - he is buried in the Verrieres Churchyard in France in a Collective grave - last rank Flying Officer

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