MANT, Graeme Smyth
| Service Number: | 405131 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 467 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 20 March 1916 |
| Home Town: | Brooweena, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Church of England Grammar School Brisbane |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 11 March 1943, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 8 F 20 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brooweena War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Maryborough & Wide Bay Club WW2 Honour Board, Maryborough WW2 RAAF Enlistment Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 405131 | |
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| 2 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 405131, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Brisbane, Queensland | |
| 2 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 405131 | |
| 11 Mar 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 405131, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Smyth Mant and Elsie Jane Elizabeth Mant, of Brooweena, Queensland, Australia.
TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE
He was a very popular figure in Maryborough and district tennis and sporting circles. He enlisted with the RAAF early in the war, and was subsequently posted to England. He had piloted big Lancaster bombers in air raids on targets in Germany and Italy. It is reported the he was buried on Swiss soil. Amonth those who attended his funeral was the British consul. The late Pilot Mant is survived by his mother and two brothers - Mr. G.I.S. Mant of Greystonlea Kingaroy, and Mr. R.S. Mant of the AIF Artillery.
The late P/O. Mant was educated at the Church of England Grammar School, Brisbane. After leaving school he was attached to the staff of the Queensland Trustees Ltd., Brisbane, for three years, after which he joined his father, the late Mr. G. S. Mant, in working the well-known cattle property, Gigoomgan, whence he joined the R.A.A.F. in January, 1941. He graduated at a New South Wales station, and received his 'wings' at a southern Queensland station, where he obtained the highest marks for actual flying ever awarded at that school. He left Australia as a sergeant pilot, and was promoted to commissioned rank in January, this year — two months before his death.
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