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MUSGRAVE, Alan Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 409728 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 October 1941, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 May 1921 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, Bairnsdale, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 17 November 1942, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England Plot, Compt ZF, Grave 747C Roll of Honour - Caulfield, Brighton General Cemetery, Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 409728 | |
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| 10 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 409728, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alan Roy and Florence Mary Musgrave of Caulfield
Plane was Beaufort A9-5 which crashed about 4 miles north east of the aerodrome at Bairnsdale, Victoria while conducting a navigational exercise towards the sea having taken off from the Bairnsdale aerodrome at 1400 hours. The plane was thought to crashed due to engine failure while practising a forced landing