Geoffrey Augustine LYNCH

LYNCH, Geoffrey Augustine

Service Number: 408909
Enlisted: 20 June 1941
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 207 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Rochester, Victoria, Australia, 28 November 1919
Home Town: Rochester, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling: Rochester High School, Rochester, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Flying Battle, North West Europe, 28 August 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bass District Roll of Honour WW2, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

20 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 408909, Melbourne, Victoria
20 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 408909
28 Aug 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 408909, No. 207 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Andrew Augustine and Theodora Mary Lynch, of Rochester, Victoria, Australia.

IN LIFE AND IN DEATH STRONG, FAITHFUL, TRUE LOVE THAT NEVER DIES

Flt-Sgt Geoffrey Augustine Lynch, 23, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Lynch, of Rochester, who was previously reported missing in air operations over Germany on August 27, is  now believed to have lost his life. He was navigator in an RAAF Lancaster squadron. Before commencing training in South Australia in June, 1941, he was employed for several years at head office of the Victorian Producers' Co-op Co Ltd, stock and station agents, Melbourne.

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