John Francis PRINCE

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Service Numbers:	424635, 24635
Enlisted:	6 October 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 29 February 1924
Home Town:	Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Marist Brother's High School Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Cost Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, France, 5 January 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Royan Roman Catholic Cemetery, France Plot K, Row 4, Grave 4 Headstone inscription reads: Our love and thoughts hallow this place for ever. Father and Mother Roll of Honour - Newcastle New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 424635
6 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 24635, Enlisted at Sydney
6 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424635

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Son of William Henry John and Kathleen Adeline Prince of Hamilton, NSW

Plane was Lancaster PB695 lost while on air operations over Europe