John Stewart COSTER

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Service Numbers:	430103, V500919
Enlisted:	1 March 1941, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 97 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Loch, Victoria, Australia, 30 July 1924
Home Town:	Loch, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 21 March 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, (Panel 284),
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

1 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 430103, No. 1 Initial Training School Somers, Melbourne, Victoria
27 May 1941:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 430103, 1 Embarkation Depot, Sydney
13 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V500919
8 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 430103
21 Mar 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 430103, No. 97 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Son of Charles Stewart and Rosamond(nee Michie) Coster

School subjects studied were: Geometry, Trigonometry, Arithmetic, French, Drawing, English, History, Geography, Physic, Science.

Sports played,: Golf, Tennis

Plane was lost when on air operations to the target of Bohlen, Germany

Medals: 1939-45 Star, French and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 193-45, Australian Service Medal

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