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BURKE, Bruce Clifford
Personal Details
Service Number: | 411993 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 411993 | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
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