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DOWNES, Rupert Frederick Arding
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 402660 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1940, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1 (Middle East) Training School RAF |
| Born: | Camden, New South Wales, 18 August 1919 |
| Home Town: | Camden, Camden, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Accidental (plane crash), Egypt, Middle East, 7 October 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt Plot 4, Row B, Grave 15, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brownlow Hill War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 402660, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 17 Feb 1941: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, 402660, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF), Embarked for Egypt | |
| 7 Oct 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 402660, 1 (Middle East) Training School RAF, Empire Air Training Scheme |
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450 Squadron. Plane was Hurricane Z4031
Rank - Sergeant
Medals: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal
Also served in the Militia from 1938 till enlistining on 18/9/1940
Son of Rupert Frederick Arding Downes and Katie May Elizabeth Coghill Downes, of Camden, New South Wales
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