David Taylor GALT DFC

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Service Number:	400976
Enlisted:	7 December 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 461 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Brunswick Victoria , Australia, 10 November 1914
Home Town:	Brunswick East, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Foreman Textile Factory (Flock Manufacturing)
Died:	Flying Battle, Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean, 13 August 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England. Panel 187.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malvern Presbyterian Church Honour Roll WW2, Royal Brighton Yacht Club WW2 Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 400976
7 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 400976
7 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 400976
22 Nov 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400976, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
12 Feb 1943:	Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Air War NW Europe 1939-45
13 Aug 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 400976, No. 461 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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