Samuel WHITESIDE

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Service Number:	409632
Enlisted:	12 September 1941
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Korumburra Victoria Australia , 28 June 1910
Home Town:	Korumburra, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	St. Patricks College Sale Victoria - University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Air operations, Werder (Havel), Germany, 27 January 1944, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery Plot 14. Row J. Grave 3.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

12 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 409632
12 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 409632, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor
6 Dec 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
25 Jun 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
24 Aug 1942:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 409632, Emb. Sydney for U.K.
25 Dec 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
11 May 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409632, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
15 Sep 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409632, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
25 Dec 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer
5 Jan 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
27 Jan 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 409632, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Killed in Action

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