John Hector DINNING

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Service Number:	404992
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

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 404992
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