Francis William RUSH

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Service Number:	30245
Enlisted:	13 May 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 7 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 28 July 1920
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Netherlands, 16 December 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Oterleek (Stompetoren) Churchyard, Netherlands (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: Grave 6. INSCRIPTION HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THOSE HE LOVED. EVER REMEMBERED Note: Flying Officer: Francis William RUSH, is buried with five other casualties from No. 7, Squadron; (2) RAAF, Australian casualties; (3) RAF, English Casualties; at Stompetoren Churchyard. , Stompetoren Churchyard, Stompetoren, Noord Holland, Netherlands
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 30245, No. 7 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
13 May 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 30245, No. 7 Squadron (RAF), Location: Hobart, Tas, Australia
13 May 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 30245

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Son of Francis John Alfred RUSH & Myrtle Elsie Adelaide (nee-TURNER) RUSH.

He was 23 and his parents lived at Battery Point, Tasmania, Australia.

INSCRIPTION
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THOSE HE LOVED. EVER REMEMBERED