Richard Ivor WYNNE

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Service Number:	425401
Enlisted:	20 March 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, 7 June 1921
Home Town:	Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Wynnum West Primary and State High School
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Flying Battle, Frankfurt, Germany, 20 December 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Plot 6, Row F, Grave 2 Roll of Honour Wynnum , Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Jimboomba WW2 Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 425401
20 Mar 1941:	Enlisted
1 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 425401, Enlisted at Brisbane
1 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 425401, No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
15 Jan 1943:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 425401, Embarked at Melbourne for UK

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Plane was Lancaster JB 113 lost on operations to Frankfurt, Germany

Also served in the 2Light Horse with the rank of Trooper from 1940 to 1942 and was discharged to join RAAF

Subjects passed at school - Arithmetic, English, Book keeping. Failed HIstory, Geography, Algebra amd Geometry

Sports played - cricket, rugby league, tennis