Gerald Beaumont MCSWEENEY

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MCSWEENEY, Gerald Beaumont

Service Number:	425346
Enlisted:	1 February 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Operational Training Units (RAF)
Born:	Wowan, Queensland, Australia, 23 July 1917
Home Town:	Wowan, Banana, Queensland
Schooling:	Nudgee College
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Anslow, England, 5 June 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Chester, England A 366
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

1 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 425346
5 Jun 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 425346, Operational Training Units (RAF), No. 27 Operational Training Unit RAF - posting on death- 3 Advanced Flying Unit

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Sergeant Gerald Beaumont McSweeney 425346 and Pilot Officer Allan Robert Duel 425623 of Number 27 Operational Training Unit RAF were killed when Martinet aircraft HP384 crashed near Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Biography contributed

Gerald Beaumont McSWEENEY was born on Wowan, Queensland on 23rd July, 1917

His parents were Jeremiah Simon McSWEENEY & Lily Marion BEAUMONT

He married Mary Monica MOLONEY in Queensland on 28th June, 1941

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