Albert Grosvenor BRITTAIN

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BRITTAIN, Albert Grosvenor

Service Number:	8124
Enlisted:	23 January 1940, Laverton, VIC
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Sydney Canteen Services (RAAF)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 1 May 1915
Home Town:	Buccleuch, The Coorong, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 14 May 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT P.C.9., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Peake War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 8124
23 Jan 1940:	Involvement Sergeant, 8124
23 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Laverton, VIC
23 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sydney Canteen Services (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Albert and Gladys Brittain

Husband of Stella Maude Brittain of Gingin, WA

Sergeant Albert Grosvenor Brittain 8124 from the RAAF Canteen Services Unit and Flight Sergeant Kevin Leonard McNamara 5439 of Number 18 Squadron were killed in a Motor Vehicle Accident on Middle Arm Road, Batchelor, NT

All other personnel involved survived with varying injuries: LAC Thomas Joseph Calnin 54768 / Warrant Officer Leslie Percival Keynes 5118 / Corporal Aquilla George Hird 3424

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