Bryant (Buster) BRADDOCK

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Service Numbers:	435276, NX84480
Enlisted:	19 January 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 25 August 1917
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Church of England Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Journalist & Schoolteacher
Died:	Flying Battle, Belgium, 20 February 1945, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Hasselt (Kruisveld) Communal Cemetery Row D. Grave 3
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 435276
19 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Driver, NX84480
18 Apr 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Driver, NX84480
19 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sydney
19 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 435276
1 Jan 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 435276, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)

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Bryant BRADDOCK was born on Manly, Sydney on 25th August, 1917

His parents were Frederick Walter Roy BRADDOCK & Harriet Marion Sarah BRICKNELL who married in Sydney in 1902

He saw previous service in the 25th Australian Transport Platoon before transferring to the Royal Australian Air Force on 19th April, 1943

He married Janine Elizabeth FOTHERINGHAM in Sydney in 1936