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FITZGERALD, Bryan Edmund Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 400169 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Mornington, Victoria, Australia , 23 April 1920 |
| Home Town: | Ballan, Moorabool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, At sea - Mediterranean, Middle East, 29 July 1941, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 400169 | |
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| 23 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 400169 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Maryland aircraft AH297 of 39 Squadron RAF was lost in the Mediterranean Sea while conducting a photographic reconnaissance of Crete, with the bodies of the crew washing ashore in Egypt
The crew consisted of
Flying Officer Victor Lee Dearman 402049 RAAF
Sergeant Bryan Richard Fitzgerald 400169 RAAF
Flight Lieutenant Richard Anthony Lewis DFC 40545 RAF
Sergeant Henry Thomas Downs 535924 RAF