Geoffrey SILVA DFC

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SILVA, Geoffrey

Service Number:	402258
Enlisted:	22 July 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 210 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Inverell, New South Wales, Australia , 19 March 1916
Home Town:	Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School,Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Flying Battle, Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean, 13 June 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

22 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 402258, Sydney, New South Wales
22 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402258
15 Dec 1942:	Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross
13 Jun 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402258, No. 210 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer Silva 402258 and Flying Officer Albon 401358 of 210 Squadron RAF were killed when Catalina FP232 crashed in the Bay of Biscay near Spain

Their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Biography contributed

Geoffrey SILVA was born in Inverell, NSW on 19th March, 1916

His parents were Frederick Henry Emanuel SILVA & Amy Eveline KENT who married in St Lukes Church in Mosman, NSW on 16th August, 1911

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