William Edward (Ted) BRINE

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BRINE, William Edward

Service Number:	406023
Enlisted:	25 May 1940
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	39 Squadron
Born:	Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia, 30 October 1919
Home Town:	Kalamunda, Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Bank Officer
Died:	Flying Battle, Derna, Libya, Middle East, 15 June 1941, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Tree Plaque:	Kalamunda Stirk Park Memorial Walk
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalamunda Darling Range Road District Roll of Honour, Kalamunda RSL P/O William Edward Brine Memorial Gate, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 406023, 39 Squadron
25 May 1940:	Enlisted Perth Western Australia
25 May 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 406023

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Alfred Tonkin Brine and Gladys Ida Brine, of Gooseberry Hill, Western Australia.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Pilot Officer William Edward Brine 406023 RAAF and Sergeant Douglas Charles Gordon 644693 RAF (from Canada) were killed when Maryland AH283 of 39 Squadron RAF crashed in the Derna area of Libya - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial

Pilot Officer Brine is mentioned in the book “Hatching an Air Force” by Peter Ilbery

Survivors (Prisoners of War): Pilot Officer Robert Arnold Malloch 402078 RAAF (discharged December 44) and Warrant Officer Ronald Milton Hines 402086 RAAF (discharged October 1945)

Biography contributed by David Flint

Martin 167 Maryland I, AH283, Royal Air Force went down in Libya on June 15 1941 with the death of two crewman.

Pilot Officer William Edward BRINE (406023) and Flight Sergeant Douglas Charles GORDON (644693)

Other two taken POW Sgt Ronald Milton HINES (402086) Plt Off Robert Arnold MALLOCH (402078)

Per Air Britain Photo library information and link.

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