Geoffrey Cook SWINBOURNE

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SWINBOURNE, Geoffrey Cook

Service Number:	432593
Enlisted:	2 January 1943
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	1 (Middle East) Training School RAF
Born:	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia, 9 August 1924
Home Town:	Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	North Sydney Primary & Homebush Boys High School
Occupation:	Bank Clerk - Union Bank of Australia
Died:	Flying Accident, Egypt, 4 November 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt 5 A 12
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Union Bank of Australia Limited 'In Memoriam' WW2 Honour Roll, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour, Yorketown Kadina Union Bank WW2 Roll of Honor

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 432593
2 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
2 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 432593
4 Nov 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 432593, 1 (Middle East) Training School RAF, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Geoffrey Cook SWINBOURNE was born in Strathfield, Sydney on 9th August 1924

His parents were Edward Lyttelton SWINBOURNE & Laura Florence LANGHAM who married in Sydney in 1910

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Sergeant Swinbourne 432593 of Number 73 Operational Training Unit RAF based at RAF Station Fayid was killed when Kittyhawk ET1022 crashed at Abu Sueir, Egypt

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Edward Lyttelton Swinbourne and Laura Florence Swinbourne, of Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia.

HIS DUTY NOBLY AND FEARLESSLY DONE

SWINBOURNE.-November 4, killed in air-craft accident, Middle East, Flight-Sergeant Geoffrey Cook Swinbourne, R.A.A.F., youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Swinbourne, of 15 Victoria Street, Strathfield, aged 20.

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