Richard Basil WEBB

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Service Number:	434067
Enlisted:	9 October 1942
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Murgon, Queensland, Australia, 18 June 1923
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk, State Government Insurance Office, Cairns, Queensdland
Died:	Accidental, New Guinea, 23 January 1945, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference: Plot HH, Row C, Grave 11. Inscription: "He died as he lived, a very gallant gentleman."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 434067
9 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 434067, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)

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