Eric Maxwell Sherwin NORRIS

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NORRIS, Eric Maxwell Sherwin

Service Number:	408265
Enlisted:	17 July 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 25 June 1920
Home Town:	Franklin, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Middle East, 14 February 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt Col 282
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 408265
17 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 408265

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer Lindsay Allan Caldow 409078 RAAF and Flight Sergeant Eric Norris 408265 RAAF of 459 Squadron RAAF were killed when Ventura FP545 was lost in the Mediterranean Sea during a convoy escort flight

Also killed were Warrant Officer Roy RCAF R/108470 and Warrant Officer Walker RCAF R/904210

Their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial

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