BIRK, Hilary Eldred
| Service Number: | 402634 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 159 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 31 January 1922 |
| Home Town: | Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Trinity Grammar School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Middle East, 15 July 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya Plot 6, Row E, Grave 20 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 402634, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 402634 | |
| 15 Jul 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 402634, No. 159 Squadron (RAF), Libya/North Africa |
Trove Article
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 12 June 1943, page 11
SYDNEY AIRMAN DEAD
The Rev. G. P. Birk, rector of St. Peter's Church, Burwood, has been in-formed by the Department of Air that his son. Sergeant-Pilot Hilary E. Birk, R.A.A.F., was shot down by anti-air-craft fire over Benghazi in July of last year, and that his body was re-covered later from the sea, and buried in the Christian cemetery at Gluliana, Benghazi.
This information come from Rome ; through the International Red Cross.
Sergeant-Pilot Birk, who was- 20 years of age, was educated at Trinity I Grammar School, Sydney, and was employed by the Colonial Sugar Refin-ing Company v/hen he enlisted soon after the outbreak of war. He was trained in Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme._
Submitted 15 July 2018 by Elizabeth Allen
Biography
159 Squadron. Plane was Liberator AL 566
Rank - Flight Sergeant
Son of the Revd. George Phillip Birk and Elvy Grace Birk, of Croydon, New South Wales, Australia
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