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DINNING, John Hector
Service Number: | 404992 |
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Enlisted: | 5 January 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 97 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | London, England, 1 March 1919 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Taringa State School, Brisbane Boys College, Queensland University, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Veterinary Student |
Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 29 August 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Charleroi, Belgium Row 1, Grave 21 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 404992 | |
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5 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404992, No. 97 Squadron (RAF), Brisbane | |
5 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404992 | |
18 Sep 1941: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404992, Embarked at Sydney for the UK | |
29 Aug 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404992, No. 97 Squadron (RAF) |
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John Hector DINNING was born in London, England on 1st March, 1919
His parents were Hector William DINNING & Margaret JAMES who married in England in 1918
He married Pamela Joan PALMER in the Ann St Presbyterian Church in Queensland in 1941
He enlisted in the RAAF in Brisbane on 5th January, 1941
John died in a Flying Battle in Germany on 29th August, 1942 and is buried in the Gosselies Communal Cemetery