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BOYD, John A'Beckett Penleigh

Service Number:	400691
Enlisted:	13 October 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, 1 February 1915
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, National Gallery Art schools
Occupation:	air force officer, test pilot, commercial aviation pilot, aviator, defence forces personnel (British), mechanic, landscape artist
Died:	bronchopneumonia , Perth, Western Australia., 8 March 1981, aged 66 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

13 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400691
4 Jul 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400691
Date unknown:	Involvement Squadron Leader, 400691, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)

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