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SCHAEFER, Bruce Astor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 403439 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park |
| Born: | Armidale New South Wales Australia , 27 March 1914 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Spitfire Aircraft Training Accident, Sumburgh Shetland Islands Scotland United Kingdom, 18 August 1942, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lerwick New Cemetery Shetland Islands Scotland U.K. Terrace 78 Grave 8 Local Roll of Honour- Armidale NSW, Lerwick New Cemetery, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Armidale High School WW2 In Memoriam Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 6 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 403439, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park | |
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| 6 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 403439 | |
| 5 May 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 403439, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, No. 602 Squadron (RAF) | |
| 1 Aug 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 403439, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, No. 164 Squadron (RAF) |
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