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BURROUGHS, Phillip Fothergill
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 412383 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 February 1921 |
| Home Town: | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
| Schooling: | Cootamundra & Manly High Schools, NSW & Canberra High School, ACT |
| Occupation: | Public Service Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Over Tunisia, Middle East, 13 April 1943, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Medjez-el-Bab, Cemetery, Tunisia Plot 3, Row B, Grave 17 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 412383 | |
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| 19 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412383 | |
| 13 Apr 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412383, 232 Squadron RAF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Phillip Fothergill BURROUGHS was born in North Sydney on 14th February, 1921
His parents were Frederick Stephen BURROUGHS & Beatrice May ROWE who married in St Pauls Rectory, Lithgow, NSW on 29th June 1908
He married Edna Doris CRISP on 27th January, 1943 at the RAF in Ridnal, Birmingham, UK
Phillip died in a Flying Battle over Tunisia on 13th April, 1943 - last rank was Flight Sergeant with the 232 Squadron of the RAF
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