Lionel Heyman JAMES

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JAMES, Lionel Heyman

Service Number:	403109
Enlisted:	9 December 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Sydney New South Wales, Australia, 20 January 1916
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Coorparoo State School, Brisbane Church of England Grammar School, Bathurst High School
Occupation:	Bank Clerk - Commonwealth Bank
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 20 June 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Sage War Cemetery, Sage, Oldenburg, Germany Plot 3. Row C. Grave 16.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 403109
9 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 403109
9 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 403109
20 Jun 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 403109, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Richard Ernest and Daphne Laura James, of Haymarket, New South Wales, Australia.

NOR AT ANY TIME WAS I NOT, NOR THOU, NOR SHALL WE EVER CEASE TO BE HEREAFTER

The sad news yesterday was received by Mr. R. E. James, manager of the Mackay branch of the Commonwealth Bank, that his only son, Navigatlng-Sergeant Lionel Heyman James, who has been posted missing since the great air raids on Cologne three months ago, is now presumed to have been killed in action. Navigator James won recognition for his skilful work in the massed attack on Cologne, and his name figured prominently in the cabled reports of that operation. A few days later news was received that he was missing. The telegram received yesterday from the Air Board states that it is now presumed he lost his life in operations on June 20, and that information to that effect is based on reports received through the International Red Cross, quoting German sources.

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