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SANDILANDS, Geoffrey Bruce Hope

Service Number:	421085
Enlisted:	7 December 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Operational Training Units (RAF)
Born:	Uralla, New South Wales, 10 June 1922
Home Town:	Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand, Grazier
Died:	Accidental, United Kingdom, 16 October 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Chester, England A 1064
Memorials:	Armidale School Sandilands Studio, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Uralla Alma Park Soldiers Memorial Gates

World War 2 Service

7 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 421085, Aircrew Training Units
28 Mar 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
4 Feb 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal
16 Apr 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
16 Oct 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
21 Mar 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 421085, Granted a Commission on this date.
21 Sep 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
16 Oct 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 421085, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme, FO Sandilands (No. 30 Operational Training Unit) was killed in a training accident on this day. HIs service and sacrifice remembered always. Service Medals: Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Australian Service Medal 1939-45.

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