Vincent DAVIS

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Service Number:	429452
Enlisted:	8 October 1942
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Longreach, Queensland, Australia, 13 November 1922
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carriage Trimmer, Queensland Government Railways
Died:	Killed In Action, Germany , 4 December 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Grave 25. A. 5.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 429452
8 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 429452

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Son of John and Edith Davis; husband of Lilian Mary Davis, of Penzance, Cornwall, England.

HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

He was 22 and the son of John and Edith Davis; husband of Lilian Mary Davis, [nee Styles] of Penzance, Cornwall, England.

They were married in Bury St Edmunds just a few months before Vincent was killed in action.

Marriages Sep 1944 Bury St. E. 4a 2428