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PAYNE, Richard James
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 437695, NX51528 |
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Enlisted: | 27 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 13 April 1918 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, North West Europe, 18 November 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Plot 28. Row B. Grave 12. Local Roll of Honour- Sydney NSW, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 437695 | |
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27 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX51528, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion | |
30 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 437695 | |
30 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 437695 | |
18 Nov 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 437695, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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