Peter Frank BIRD

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Service Numbers:	VX79284, 409812
Enlisted:	10 October 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Wembley, England, 20 May 1921
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Assistant Hotel Manager
Died:	Illness - Pneumonia, Australia, 3 August 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Campbell's Hill (West Maitland) Cemetery Church of England Plot, Border 62, Grave 28 Roll of Honour Wye River , Campbell's Hill Cemetery, West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Apollo Bay War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Trooper, VX79284
10 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 409812
20 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
20 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX79284

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Australian Armoured Corps

Rank - Trooper

Joined the Army after having been found unsuitabel for the RAAF

Son of John Frederick William and Alice Marjorie Bird, of Wye River