Philip Edward YOUNG

YOUNG, Philip Edward

Service Number: 422825
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
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World War 2 Service

23 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 422825, Aircrew Training Units, Sydney, NSW
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

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Biography 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