Albert Lance COATES

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Service Number:	418808
Enlisted:	19 June 1942
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 2 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 3 Air Observers School Port Pirie
Born:	Benalla, Victoria Australia, 25 March 1924
Home Town:	Daylesford, Hepburn, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Apprentice Carpenter/Joiner
Died:	Flying Battle, Normandy France, 6 June 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres, France Plot 11, Row A, Grave 3
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Daylesford War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 418808
19 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Melbourne, Victoria
19 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 418808, No. 1 Initial Training School Somers
19 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 418808
12 Sep 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 2 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 3 Air Observers School Port Pirie
4 Mar 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
5 May 1943:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 418808, Emb. Brisbane for U.K.
4 Sep 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
9 Nov 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 418808, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, 299 Squadron (RAF)
13 Apr 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 299 Squadron (RAF)

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Plane was Stirling LJ 855. 299 Sqadron

Rank Pilot Officer - Navigator

Son of James Lance Coates and Mary Coates, of Daylesford, Victoria, Australia