James Joseph MOON

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Service Number:	410908
Enlisted:	27 March 1942
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Inglewood, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1918
Home Town:	Underdale, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Air operations, Frankfurt-ou-Main, Germany, Naunheim, Germany, 20 December 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Plot 9, Row G, Grave 15 Headstone inscription reads: In the Garden of Memory we meet everyday Roll of Honour - Melbourne, Rheinberg War Cemetery, Rheinberg, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 410908

27 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 410908, Enlisted at Melbourne

27 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 410908

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Son of Archibald James Moon and Gladys Myrtle Moon, husband of Gwenoline Amealia Moon of Underdale, SA

Plane was Halifax EB252 which was lost while on air operations targeting Frankfurt, Germany

Medals: 1939-45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, War Medal 1939-45, Australian Service Medal