Edward Robert SHARP

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Service Number:	4674
Enlisted:	1 August 1939
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 78 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 17 March 1907
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Auto Fitter (Motor Mechanic)
Died:	Ground Accident , New Guinea, 27 August 1944, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Location ~ Plot FF. Row B. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING WIFE & SON"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Aug 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 4674
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 4674
13 Jan 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 78 Squadron (RAAF), Posted to No. 78 Squadron. Killed in accidental explosion, Noemfoor Island, New Guinea.

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