Bryan Edmund Richard FITZGERALD

FITZGERALD, Bryan Edmund Richard

Service Number: 400169
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 400169
23 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 400169

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Biography 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