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SHINER, Jack Marawa
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 406412 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1913 |
| Home Town: | Albany, Albany, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Middle East, 30 March 1942, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Malta Memorial, Panel 5 |
| Memorials: | Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 406412 | |
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| 9 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406412 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
406412 Sergeant (Sgt) Jack Marawa Shiner, RAAF, of Pallinup, WA worked as a newspaper journalist and schoolteacher before enlisting in Perth on 9 December 1940.
Following training as an Air Observer in Australia, he was detached to the RAF in the Middle East on 9 September 1941.
After service in Kenya, he was based at Almaza, Egypt, from 17 February 1942.
He is presumed to have died on 30 March 1942, at the age of 29, after the ferrying flight of which he was a crew member failed to arrive at its destination.
Source: AWM
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