Vincent Brendan O'DOWD

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O'DOWD, Vincent Brendan

Service Numbers:	429783, V185248
Enlisted:	29 September 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Care and Maintenance Units
Born:	Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 15 August 1921
Home Town:	St Kilda West, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	St. Patrick's College East Melbourne
Occupation:	Clerk of Courts
Died:	Aircraft accident, Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 7 July 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Benalla War Cemetery C A 5
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 429783
29 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V185248
28 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, Care and Maintenance Units, Number 11 Elementary Flying Training School
28 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 429783

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Amergin Oisin O'Dowd and Anna Catherine O'Dowd of St. Kilda West, Victoria

RAAF Tiger Moth aircraft N9258 of Number 11 Elementary Flying Training School crashed near Benalla, Victoria killing Sergeant Frank Graham 410543 & Leading Aircraftman Vincent Brendan O'Dowd 429783

L.A.C. V. B. O'Dowd, one of the victims ot an air crash last Tuesday, was educated at St. Patrick's College, East Melbourne, and was a clerk when he enlisted In the R.A.A.F. in October, 1942. He was born at Moonee Ponds, but later resided at Beaconsfleld-parade, St. Kilda.

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