George Robert COPE

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Service Number:	411680
Enlisted:	24 May 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Sydney New South Wales , 10 July 1919
Home Town:	Maroubra, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Technical High School- Marconi School of Wireless
Occupation:	Public Address Operator
Died:	Flying Battle, Netherlands, 15 June 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands Plot 7. Row H. Grave 5., Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

24 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 411680, Aircrew Training Units
24 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 411680
25 May 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 411680, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme
15 Jun 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 411680, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Son of George Eugene and Ruby Elizabeth Cope; husband of Zena Garland Cope, of Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia.