DAVIS, Beresford Milton Troy
| Service Number: | 405966 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia, 22 October 1922 |
| Home Town: | Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Naval cadet |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 24 May 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Schoonebeek (Oud Schoonebeek) General Cemetery, Netherlands Plot 3, Row 1, Grave 752 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 405966, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 17 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 405966 | |
| 24 May 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 405966, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Beresford Milton Troy DAVIS was born on 22nd October, 1922 in Sydney, NSW
His parents were Harry Michael DAVIS and Jessie Venus TROY who married in 1919 in Sydney
Inscription on his headstone reads
"DEARER TO OUR MEMORY THAN WORDS CAN TELL" MOTHER
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Trove - IN MEMORIAM
Roll of Honour
DAVIS - A loving tribute to the memory of my darling son, Flight Sergeant Beresford Milton Troy Davis aged 20 years, pilot of Lancaster, who lost his life an air operations from England, May 24th, 1943, joining his dear Father Harry Davis who passed away suddenly 8th May, 1942
"Sheltered in Gods love" Mother
"In the garden of memories we meet every day"
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