James Manning RAINBOW

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RAINBOW, James Manning

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Squadron Leader
Last Unit:	No 2 Air Navigation School
Born:	Fulham, London, 17 January 1899
Home Town:	Double Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Addison Gardens School, England and & Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Medical Practioner
Died:	Aircraft Accident, Glenbrook, New South Wales, Australia , 28 January 1941, aged 42 years
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Remembrance Plaque is in Rookwood Cemetery panel 5
Memorials:	Glenbrook Arvo Anson A4-5 Crash Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Squadron Leader
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, No 2 Air Navigation School, Australia's Front Line (incl Darwin Defenders)
28 Jan 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, Officer, Australia's Front Line (incl Darwin Defenders), Died in a RAAF Med Evac flight accident
Date unknown:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader

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Biography contributed

James was born in Fulham, London on 17th January 1899 under the name of James Manning George Herbert GATHERCOLE

His parents were James William GATHERCOLE & Helen Jane EMES who married in St Matthews Church in Hammersmith, London on 7th July, 1898 - his Mother remarried in St Martin, London in 1921 to James Thomas RAINBOW

James died in a Medi Evac aircraft accident in Glenbrook & was cremated in the Northern Suburbs Crematorium in North Ryde - he also has a Remembrance plaque in Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney

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Two of his brothers also served during WW2

1. Alfred Ernest RAINBOW (SN NX121456) & (N108044) Lieutenant Colonel - Army - discharged 21st April, 1945 (HQ) EC

2. Walter Stanley RAINBOW (SN NX18963 ) Lieutenant - Australian Army Services Corp - discharged 5.1.1945

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