Everard Charles GRAEBNER

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GRAEBNER, Everard Charles

Service Numbers:	WX25434, 436496
Enlisted:	16 January 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Operational Training Units (RAF)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 18 September 1922
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Concordia College Adelaide; Perth Boys School; Perth Modern School, Subiaco
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Aircraft Training Accidental, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, 8 April 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Plot H, Row 1, Grave 212C Roll of Honour - Perth
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Highgate Concordia College WW2 Honour Board, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Subiaco Perth Modern School WW2 Honour Board

World War 2 Service

16 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, 3 Field Regiment AMF
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX25434, 3 Field Regiment AMF
16 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 436496
16 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 436496, Enlisted at Perth, WA
9 Dec 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
29 Jan 1944:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 436496, Embarked at Melbourne for overseas
9 Jun 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, Operational Training Units (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of Rev. Rudolph Graebner and Doris Graebner of Perth, WA; husband of Dorothy Jean Graebner of Mt Lawley, WA. Father of Jennifer Jill Graebner

Plane was Wellington BK 133 in Oxfordshire, England

Medals: Defence Medal, War Medal

School subjects passed - History, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Maths A, Maths B, English French, German

Sports played - Tennis, Table Tennis, Football, Baseball, Cricket

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