Hal Ian Comer DENT

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Service Number:	411428
Enlisted:	28 April 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 461 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 13 July 1921
Home Town:	Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Manager
Died:	Flying Battle, Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean, 21 January 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England Panel 187
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 411428
28 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 411428, No. 461 Squadron (RAAF)
28 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 411428
4 Sep 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 411428, No. 461 Squadron (RAAF)

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Born 13 July 1921 in Brisbane, Queensland.

Father Henry Isidore Corner Dent and Mother Ada Dent, lived at 52 Salisbury Road
Rose Bay, NSW

Described on enlisting as 19yrs 9mths of age; single; 6' tall; 160 lbs;
medium complexion; brown eyes; dark hair; Jewish

28/4/1941 enlisted into RAAF, in Sydney, NSW

8/8/1941 embarked from Sydeny, via Vancouver, Canada to UK
29/8/1941 disembarked into Vancouver, Canada

31/1/1942 awarded - "Air Observer's Badge"

4/3/1942 ranked Pilot Officer

1/4/1942 emplaned Canada
2/4/1942 disemplaned into UK

11/6/1942 appointed to No.461 Squadron

4/9/1942 ranked Flying Officer

16/10/1942 emplaned UK for Gibraltar
18/10/1942 deplaned UK from Gibraltar

1942 Pembroke Dock, Wales. Crew of aircraft "A for Apple" of No. 461
(Sunderland) Squadron RAAF based at an RAF Station.

Flying Officer in No. 461 Squadron

21/1/1943 killed in flying battle, over Bay of Biscay, Spain (Atlantic Ocean)

No known grave

His name is commemorated on Panel 187 of the Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede, Surrey, England.

His name is also commemorated on Panel 108 of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 7/7/2016. Lest we forget.