FOWLER, Harry John
| Service Number: | 415636 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1941, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 100 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 10 September 1921 |
| Home Town: | Cottesloe, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk, Union Bank of Australia Ltd. Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia |
| Died: | Flying Battle, New Guinea, 13 March 1945, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Plot NN. Row B. Joint grave 2-3. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Union Bank of Australia Limited 'In Memoriam' WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 415636 | |
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| 7 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 415636, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF), Perth, WA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Harry and Viria Hammond Fowler, of Cottesloe, Western Australia.
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At about 1333 hours on 13th March, 1945 Beaufighter Aircraft A9-650 took part in a strike against a Japanese village together with five other aircraft. When attacking the target the aircraft blew up, disintergrated, enveloped in flames and crashed in many pieces into the target area. No bodies were seen falling and no one was observed to baile out.
The remains of 4 airmen located that were blown up in a Beauford A9-650 during airstrike in the Milak Area. Portions of the plane were found in various postion about 1 1/2 hours wallk from Milak at a village names Aubeck, on of the Chicanambu Group. Three of the bodies were found withing 150 yards of the plane.
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