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BYRNES, Robert Wentworth

Service Numbers:	S11104, 28766
Enlisted:	22 July 1940, Oakbank, SA
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 463 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Rose Park, South Australia, 26 February 1918
Home Town:	Kanmantoo, Mount Barker, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Overseer
Died:	Shot down on Night Bombing raid, Le Gros-Thiel, Normandie, France, 18 December 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Le Gros-Theil Communal Cemetery, Le Gros-Theil, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Kanmantoo Roll of Honor, Kanmantoo War Memorial

World War 2 Service

22 Jul 1940:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, S11104, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces
22 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, S11104, Oakbank, SA
22 Jul 1940:	Enlisted S11104
18 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 28766
18 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 28766, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide
19 Feb 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 28766, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme
18 Dec 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 28766, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Aircraft lost over Le Gros Theil
Date unknown:	Involvement

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