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CROFT, Barry Alan
Personal Details
Service Number: | 420920 |
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Enlisted: | 6 December 1941, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 299 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, 25 August 1923 |
Home Town: | Gulgong, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Gulgong Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer and Grazier |
Died: | Flying Battle, North West Europe, France, 6 June 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gulgong (Unknown Origin) WW2 Honour Roll, Gulgong District Soliders Memorial, Gulgong Memorial Hall, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 420920 | |
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6 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 420920, No. 299 Squadron (RAAF), Sydney, NSW |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Reginald Arthur Conrad Croft and Norine Una Croft, of Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia.
CROFT -In loving memory of our dear son and brother Fit sgt Barry Alan Croft late R A F 299 Squadron missing D Day June 6 1944
NOT JUST TODAY, BUT EVERY DAY
IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER