Edgar Roy HENKEL

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Service Number:	32321
Enlisted:	15 July 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 22 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia , 25 April 1903
Home Town:	Artarmon, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic, Appleby & Ward, Chippendale.
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), New Guinea, 8 January 1944, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 3. Row D. Grave 8. Inscription: "LOVING HUSBAND OF DOROTHY FATHER OF KAY AND RICHARD".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Richmond War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 32321
15 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 32321
10 Mar 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 32321, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF)
8 Jan 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 32321, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF), Discharged by death. Died from severe burns and shock received in ground accident, (petrol explosion) New Guinea.

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