Alistair Mackenzie FINNIE

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FINNIE, Alistair Mackenzie

Service Number:	401781
Enlisted:	29 March 1941
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 3 February 1922
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Scotch College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, English Channel, 18 October 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 401781
29 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 401781, Melbourne
29 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 401781
18 Oct 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 401781, 602 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Alistair Mackenzie FINNIE was born in Brighton, Victoria on 3rd February, 1922

His parents were Charles Augustus FINNIE & Helen Jane Bannerman MACKENZIE

He enlisted in Melbourne as an Air Cadet with the RAAF on 29th March, 1941

Alistair died in a Flying Battle in the English Channel as a Pilot Officer in a Spitfire MH730 whilst serving with the 602 Squadron of the RAF on 18th October, 1943 - his body was never recovered

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, UK

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