Bruce Clifford BURKE

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Service Number:	411993
Enlisted:	21 June 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 7 Service Flying Training School Deniliquin
Born:	Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 6 January 1919
Home Town:	Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Accident, Wanganella, New South Wales, Australia, 26 August 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales RC Plot Sec Y2 Grave 18 (GRM/2), Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 411993
21 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 411993, No. 7 Service Flying Training School Deniliquin
21 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 411993

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Wirraway aircraft A20-333 and A20-342 of 7SFTS collided in mid-air and crashed near Wanganella in NSW with all crew killed:

Sergeant Gordon Balmoral Willcocks 411081 & Sergeant Bruce Clifford Burke 411993 in A20-333

Sergeant David Neil Cullen 405723 & Sergeant Alan Donald Woods 413812 in A20-342