Richard (Dick) WEEKES

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Service Numbers:	437606, NX6397
Enlisted:	3 November 1939
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 576 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia, 3 April 1918
Home Town:	Helensburgh, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Air Operations - Attacked by an enemy night fighter, Weyersheim, France, Weyersheim, Bas-Rhin, France, 29 July 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Cronenbourg French National Cemetery, France L. 9. 14
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 437606
3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX6397
23 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
23 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 437606
29 Jul 1944:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, No. 576 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Lancaster LR299 crashed near Weyersheim, France killing:

Flight Sergeant Richard Weekes 437606 - Son of Alfred and Celeana Weekes of Helensburgh, NSW

Flight Sergeant Stephen Allen Smith 35590 - Son of Stephen and Annie Smith of Newcastle, NSW

Flying Officer Ronald William Brown 417454 - Son of William Octavious and Edith Eliza Ann Brown & Husband of Iris Hall Brown of Prospect, SA