BREAKSPEAR, Allan Rothery
| Service Number: | 412374 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 98 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 1920 |
| Home Town: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Carlton & Kogarah Public Schools & Hurstville Central Tech, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Finer / Optical Engineer |
| Died: | Flying Battle, France, 21 September 1943, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Noyelles-Godault Communal Cemetery Collective Grave 2 - 3, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 412374 | |
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| 19 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 412374, Sydney | |
| 19 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412374 | |
| 21 Sep 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412374, No. 98 Squadron (RAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Allan Rothery BREAKSPEAR was born in Kogarah, Sydney on 25th December, 1920
His parents were Percy Charles BREAKSPEAR & Emily Charlesworth BATTYE who married in Sydney in 1910
He enlisted in Sydney with the RAAF as Air Crew on 19th July, 1941 and embarked for Canada and the UK on 13th November, 1941
Allan died during a Flying Battle in Arras, France on 21st Septemer, 1943 - plane was a Mitchell II FL 683 - he is buried in a Collective Grave in the Noyellette Communal Cemetery in France
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One of his brothers also served in the RAAF during WW2
1. Ralph Hammerton BREAKSPEAR (SN 65062) discharged in 1946
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