David JACOBS

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Service Number:	411328
Enlisted:	28 April 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 4 December 1917
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Timor Sea, Timor Sea, Netherlands East Indies, 23 April 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 411328
28 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
28 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 411328

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Son of Morris and Sophie Jacobs of Marrickville, NSW

RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-182 of Number 2 Squadron failed to return from an operational mission to Koepang, NEI - all crew were killed:

Sergeant David Vynne Woods 416294

Flight Lieutenant Roger Joseph Blanchard 260776

Sergeant David Jacobs 411328

Sergeant Oberlin Benjamin Plester Gray 408225

All crew are commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT