Aubrey Edward BURGESS

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BURGESS, Aubrey Edward

Service Number:	443659
Enlisted:	20 November 1943
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 21 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Torbane, Capertee, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1912
Home Town:	Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kogarah Intermediate High School, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Production Manager, Stromberg - Carlson (Australasia) Pty Ltd
Died:	Flying Battle, Netherlands East Indies, 31 July 1945, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated ~ Column 9, Ambon Memorial, Maluku, Indonesia,
Memorials:	Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 443659
20 Nov 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 443659
18 Jun 1945:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 21 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by Stephen Bonald

Details of final mission:~~ On 31 July 1945, No. 21 Squadron Liberator A72-66 was tasked to strike at anti-aircraft positions at Lolobata and Halmaheras. After takeoff, nothing further was heard from the aircraft and it failed to return to base, subsequently the crew were deemed to be missing and for official purposes, presumed to be dead as of 31 July 1945. The crew members of A72-66 were:

Flight Sergeant Aubrey Edward Burgess (443659) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Robert William Delahunt (439573) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Douglas Poultney Dewhurst (403780) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Jack Bonfield Faviell (403916) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer Bruce Vaughton Paech (416188) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Neville Herbert Playford (Navigator) (439635)
Flight Sergeant Gordon Malcolm Scott (23277) (Flight Engineer)
Pilot Officer William Joseph Stubbs (418199) (Co-Pilot)
Sergeant Ronald Jack Walker (439333) (Navigator)

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