Edwin Ryland BROWN

BROWN, Edwin Ryland

Service Numbers: 420281, 426302, Q32
Enlisted: 27 June 1940
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 463 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Sydney, NSW, 27 April 1920
Home Town: Hamilton, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 25 April 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany
7 E 21-24, Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 426302
3 Sep 1939: Involvement 420281, later Q32 (27/6/1940) & RAAF 426302 (20/6/1942-25/4/1944 d/d)
27 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q32, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF
15 Jun 1942: Involvement Private, Q32, also 420280 - later RAAF 426302
20 Jun 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 426302, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Brisbane, Qld.
20 Jun 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 426302

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James Ernest Herbert and Sylvia Jessie Brown, of Hamilton, Queensland, Australia.