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IRVING, Colin Howe

Service Number:	428714
Enlisted:	10 October 1942, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 12 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Haberfield, New South Wales, Australia, 25 June 1923
Home Town:	Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	North Sydney Boys High School, Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Haymarket Branch, New South Wales, Australia
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 16 March 1945, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 9 E 19.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 428714
10 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 428714, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF), Sydney, NSW

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Edward Douglas and Emma Ida Irving.