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WARD, Jack Stratford
Personal Details
Service Number: | 402989 |
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Enlisted: | 11 November 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 12 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 6 September 1913 |
Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Storekeeper |
Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 26 September 1942, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, EnglandPanel 111 Roll of Honour - Lismore, NSW, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballina Surf Lifesaving Club Honour Roll, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 402989, Aircrew Training Units, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402989, No. 2 Service Flying Training School Forest Hill | |
15 Oct 1941: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402989, Embarked for the UK | |
26 Sep 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402989, No. 12 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Lost on ops |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Stratford and Alma Ward of Lismore, NSW
Also served for over 3 years in the 41st Battalion of the AMF