Bennie Edward BUCKNER

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Service Number:	435588
Enlisted:	18 June 1943
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., 1 May 1925
Home Town:	Toombul, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Central Printing School / Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia.
Occupation:	Letterpress Machinist, Buckner Printing Co, Brisbane.
Died:	Flying Battle, New Guinea, 23 January 1945, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot TT. Row D. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, Spring Hill Brisbane Grammar School WW2 Great Hall Honour Board

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 435588
18 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 435588, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)

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