JENNER, John Desmond
| Service Number: | 423132 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 251 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Hurlstone Park, New South Wales, 22 April 1924 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Homebush High & Newcastle Junior High School |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer |
| Died: | Flying Battle, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 9 November 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 260, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant | |
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| 20 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 423132 | |
| 10 Jan 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 423132, No. 251 Squadron (RAF), Battle of the Atlantic - RAN and RAAF Operations |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born: 22 April 1924 Hurltone Park, New South Wales
Father Reuben Herbert John Wesley Jenner and Mother Victoria Elizabeth Jenner, living at Manly, NSW.
20/6/1942 enlisted in RAAF - in Sydney, NSW
He trained in Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme (also known as the British Commonwealth Air Training Program) and attached to the Royal Air Force. When he joined 251 Squadron in Iceland, he was the only Australian in the unit at that time.
9/11/1944 died in flying battle - aged 22 years
His name is commemorated on Panel 260 of the Air Forces Memorial
(Runnymede Memorial), Surry, UK.
His name is commemorated on Panel 124 at the Australian War Memorial,
Canberra, ACT.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 5/6/2016. Lest we forget.
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