John Granville KING

KING, John Granville

    Service Number: 410000
    Enlisted: 7 November 1941, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 166 Squadron (RAF)
    Born: Auburn, Victoria, Australia, 13 April 1923
    Home Town: Croydon, Maroondah, Victoria
    Schooling: Swinburne Technical College
    Occupation: Despatch Clerk
    Died: Flying Battle, Belgium, 19 March 1944, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium
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    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Croydon Civic Centre War Memorial, Croydon RSL Memorial Honour Roll, Croydon War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 410000
    7 Nov 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410000, No. 166 Squadron (RAF), Melbourne, Vic.

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of John Thorpe King and Lotty King, of Croydon, Victoria, Australia.

    TILL THE DAY OF REUNION WE WILL REMEMBER

    Flight-Sgt (Navigator) J. G. King, aged 20, younger son of Mr and Mrs J. T. King, of Haig st, Croydon, who was reported missing in air opera-tions over Germany on March 19, is now reported missing, believed killed. He was educated at Swinburne Technical College and employed on the clerical staff of Coates and Co Pty Ltd, of Queen st, Melbourne.

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