DEARNALEY, Edgar Vincent
| Service Number: | 414341 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 October 1921 |
| Home Town: | Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Scots PGC College, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 22 June 1944, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Plot 12, Row E, Grave 6, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 414341 | |
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| 13 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 414341, Brisbane | |
| 13 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 414341 | |
| 22 Jun 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 414341, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 29 Jun 1944: | Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, For attacks on a large number of well defended targets |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Edgar Vincent DEARNALEY was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 29th October, 1921
His parents were Edgar Samuel DEARNALEY & Katie Rosina VINCENT who married in Queensland on 27th March, 1912
He enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Froce in Brisbane on 13th September, 1941
Edgar died in a Flying Battle in Germany on 22nd June, 1944 and is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1944 for attacks on a large number of well defended targets.
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
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Mission Details:
Scholven-Buer - Germany
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Aircraft details
Avro Lancaster III, Serial No. ED532 PO-H
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