Sinclair August GRANT

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GRANT, Sinclair August

Service Number:	414931
Enlisted:	6 December 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 3 Wireless Air Gunnery School Maryborough
Born:	Dalby, Queensland, Australia, 22 May 1909
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Eagle Junction State/High School, Vulture St, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Service Car Driver
Died:	Accidental Aircraft crash, Near Laughton, five miles NNE of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, 1 September 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom Burial reference: - Grave 14136. Personal Inscription: - "FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY, KITH AND KIN HE NOBLY DID HIS DUTY".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cleveland Redlands Honour Roll, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 414931
6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 414931
1 Apr 1942:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 3 Wireless Air Gunnery School Maryborough , Posted to No. 3 WAGS in Maryborough, QLD for Wireless Air Gunner training on Course 24. Posted to No. 1 BAGS for Air Gunner Training.

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Sinclair William Grant and Eva Augusta Anderssen married 26th January 1903 in Halifax, Queensland, Australia

Flight Sergeant Sinclair August Grant died in the crash of Avro Lancaster W4314. The aircraft took off from RAF Blyton on a long night cross country training flight. The aircraft flew into the ground at 03:25 hours near Laughton, five miles north north east of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

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