Edward Henry FINCH

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FINCH, Edward Henry

Service Number:	406674
Enlisted:	3 March 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 149 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 8 June 1908
Home Town:	Manjimup, Manjimup, Western Australia
Schooling:	Beechworth High School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Officer - Farmer
Died:	Flying Battle, Friesland Netherlands, 5 May 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beechworth War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Manjimup War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 406674
3 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 406674, No. 5 Initial Training School Pearce
3 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406674
21 Mar 1942:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406674, Embarked Melbourne for U.K.
11 Jun 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
14 Dec 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406674, No. 149 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Graham Padget

Edward Henry Finch was the son of Willie Marome Finch and Eliza Jane Finch; husband of Mary Ruth Finch, of Mt. Barker, Western Australia

Flight Sergeant Edward Henry Finch was the Air Gunner on Stirling Bomber EF343 from 149 Squadron (RAF) that took off from RAF Lakenheath at 2215 hours on the night of 4 May 1943, detailed to bomb Dortmund, Germany.

The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 0018 hours on the 5th May 1943 near Ijpecolsga (Friesland) on the Woudsend to Rijs road, and all the crew were killed.

_{(extracted & edited from various WW2 sites including Highgate RSL)}

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