Bruce Astor SCHAEFER

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Service Number:	403439
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

6 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 403439, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
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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