James Pearce Massey GRACE

GRACE, James Pearce Massey

Service Number: 404582
Enlisted: 11 October 1940, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 March 1917
Home Town: Highgate Hill, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Stockman
Died: Flying Battle, Duisberg, Germany, 8 April 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany
Plot 4, Row E, Grave 10 Headstone inscription reads:For the glory of God and in defence of his country Roll of Honour - Brisbane, QLD, Rheinberg War Cemetery, Rheinberg, Germany
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 404582
11 Oct 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404582, No. 156 Squadron (RAF), Enlisted at Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Pearce Francis Grace and Winifred Maria Grace; husband of Dorothy Mabel Grace of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Plane was Lancester ED622 lost on air operations targeting Germany

Also served in the Militia, Service number Q3479