Roger BYRNE

BYRNE, Roger

Service Numbers: Not Known, 419291
Enlisted: 18 July 1942
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
Born: Donald, Victoria, Australia, 3 September 1917
Home Town: Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Chemist (Intern)
Died: Non ops Aircraft accident, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria
War Graves Plot C. Row B. Grave 11, Mildura Public Cemetery, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

1 Jan 1937: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Not Known, 6th Field Ambulance, Served until 23 January 1942
18 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 419291, No. 1 Initial Training School Somers
18 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 419291
16 Apr 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 419291, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Service Number 419291 (CWGC site shows 419791)

Son of Richard Thomas Patrick and Mary Byrne of Albert Park, Victoria

Pilot of Boomerang aircraft A46-14 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit which crashed near Mildura, Victoria following a mid-air collision with A46-44