Allan George SAWREY

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SAWREY, Allan George

Service Number:	6188
Enlisted:	13 November 1939
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 38 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 July 1912
Home Town:	Concord, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Taxi Driver, Ascot Taxi Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died:	Aircraft accident, Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 18 September 1945, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot C8. Row B. Grave 22.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dakota Transport A65-61

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 6188
13 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 6188, No. 38 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

38SQN RAAF Dakota A65-61 crashed near Merauke, Dutch NG while on a mission to return 18 former POWs to Australia

All on board were killed in the crash: SAWREY, Allan George (Flight Sergeant) 6188 / WILES, Keith Robert (Flight Sergeant) 27141 / BLACKMORE, Francis Leonard Henry (Sergeant) 47042 / DUNDERDALE, William Royce (Leading Aircraftsman) 170241 / WILKINSON, Eric (Warrant Officer) 405949 / HUNTER, Arthur Jack (Warrant Officer) 411069 / CAMPBELL, Allan (Warrant Officer) 412376 / HUGHES, Albert Clifford (Warrant Officer) 414566 / STIBBARD, Noel Royce (Flying Officer) 421110 / Sister Marie Eileen Craig 501399 RAAF Nursing Service of Number 2 Medical Air Evacuation Unit

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