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YOUNG, Philip Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 422825 |
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Enlisted: | 23 May 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 102 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia, 13 February 1914 |
Home Town: | Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk - Dept. of Interior |
Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 13 August 1944, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Collective grave 8, Row E, Graves 7-11 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
23 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 422825, Aircrew Training Units, Sydney, NSW | |
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23 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 422825 | |
13 Aug 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 422825, No. 102 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Herbert Edward and Edith Alice Young, of Ainslie, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE REMEMBER HIM
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Plane was Halifax MZ647, crashed near Reborn Railway Station, Germany after being attacked by an enemy fighter