Austin James COLLINS

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Service Number:	400871
Enlisted:	9 November 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 22 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Dunolly, Victoria, Australia., 1 October 1912
Home Town:	Sandringham, Victoria
Schooling:	Christian Brothers College, St Kilda - Xavier College, Kew, Victoria, Australia.
Occupation:	Clerk of Courts, Courthouse Carlton
Died:	Accidental (plane crash), New Guinea, 1 June 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 1. Row D. Grave 20. Inscription: "REQUIESCAT IN PACE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 400871, Melbourne, Victoria
9 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 400871
1 Jun 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 400871, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45

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