Albert James MOODY

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MOODY, Albert James

Service Number:	404896
Enlisted:	6 December 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 28 September 1920
Home Town:	Proserpine, Whitsunday, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Prisoner of War , Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 25 January 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot C8. Row A. Grave 7.
Memorials:	Atherton War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Proserpine Cenotaph, Proserpine War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 404896
6 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 404896, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
6 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 404896, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Brisbane, Qld.
29 Jul 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
29 Jan 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
29 Jul 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant
27 Mar 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 404896, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
4 Jul 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 404896, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
20 Sep 1944:	Imprisoned Air War SW Pacific 1941-45, Executed by Japanese

Death report

Report of the death in aerial operations to the north of Australia of Flight-Lieut. Bert (Bonny) Moody, son of Mr A.H. Moody, of Atherton. The airman was flying a Beaufighter when he lost his life. Flight-Lieut. Moody, who was 23 years of age, commenced school teaching at Townsville West school, & while there he was a prominent Rugby League player, taking his place in the Townsville representative side. He was teaching in the Proserpine district, when he enlisted in the R.A.A.F. 4 years ago. Flight-Lieutenant Moody was a popular young man & the greatest sympathies to his family,

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Albert Henry MOODY and Agnes Doris nee LITTLEFORD, of Mareeba, Queensland.

IN LIFE AND IN DEATH ALWAYS "BON"

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant Albert James Moody 404896 and Flight Sergeant Allan Graham Aitcheson 432654 were captured following the loss of their aircraft - Beaufighter A19-209 near Kamiri in Dutch New Guinea

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