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FINNANE, Brian
Personal Details
Service Number: | 413482 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 15 December 1920 |
Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Marist Brothers College, Waverley, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk - Public Trustee Office (Sydney) |
Died: | Flying Battle, Denmark, 21 April 1943, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Brande, Denmark Plot A, Row 11, Grave 19 Headstone inscription reads: To God, gallant son; for God, King and Freedom R.I.P. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 413482 | |
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17 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 413482, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Enlisted at Sydney | |
17 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 413482 | |
17 Aug 1941: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 2 Recruit Depot | |
8 Nov 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School Narrandera | |
2 May 1942: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head | |
23 Jul 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant | |
24 Jul 1942: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 2 Embarkation Depot | |
18 Nov 1942: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, Bomber Command Training Units. | |
23 Jan 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant | |
13 Apr 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) | |
13 Apr 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 413482, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Albany Finnane and Mary Anne Finnane of Bondi, NSW
Plane was Lancaster W 4330 lost while on air operations over Germany