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HORWOOD, John Harold

Service Number:	414352
Enlisted:	13 September 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 8 October 1918
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Flying Battle, Netherlands, 12 June 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands Plot 20. Row J. Grave 6. , Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Townsville WW2 HR, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 414352
13 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 414352
13 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 414352
12 Jun 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 414352, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Alice Horwood, and stepson of James Patrick Fury, of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.