Barry Cameron WHITE

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WHITE, Barry Cameron

Service Numbers:	418030, V35240
Enlisted:	10 August 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 8 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 10 May 1920
Home Town:	Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Camberwell State & Grammar Schools
Occupation:	Clerk (Law)
Died:	Aircraft Accident, New Guinea, 25 December 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 3. Row E. Grave 10. Inscription: "GOD KEEPETH HIM IN PERFECT PEACE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 418030
10 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V35240
24 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 418030, Enlisted at Melbourne
25 Dec 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 8 Squadron (RAAF), Nature of death: Killed in a flying accident in New Guinea on 25 December 1943.

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Frederick Henry White and Amy Winifred White of Camberwell, Victoria.

Plane was Beaufort Mark V111 A9-244

Also served in the Militia in Victoria, Service nunber V35240 and enlisted at Surrey HIlls, Victoria

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Beaufort A9-444 of Number 8 Squadron crashed on landing at Vivigani airstrip, Goodenough Island, New Guinea upon return from a bombing mission with all crew killed:

Flight Sergeant Barry Cameron White 418030 / Flying Officer Stanley James Miller 420699 / Flying Officer Theodore Victor Benno Kleinig 416433 / Pilot Officer Edwin John Turk 428376

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