HARRIS, Albert Alfred
Service Numbers: | 417837, 417837, |
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Enlisted: | 18 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 576 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Woodside, South Australia, 12 November 1910 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Woodside Primary School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Factory Manager (Cheese Maker) |
Died: | Flying Battle, North West Europe, 16 December 1943, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 192, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
18 Jul 1942: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 417837, No. 576 Squadron (RAF) | |
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18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417837 | |
16 Dec 1943: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417837,, No. 576 Squadron (RAF), Killed in action over Europe. | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Alfred James Harris and Florence Emily Baldwin married 23 April 1903 at the Methodist Manse, Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Wife: - Eva Olive McKenny married 1 April 1937 at the
Presbyterian Church, Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia.
Fate: - On 16th December 1943 Flight Sergeant Albert Alfred Harris (Air Gunner) aboard Lancaster I DV342 of 576 Squadron, RAF, took off at 1627 hrs from Elsham Wolds for bombing mission over Germany, Lancaster I DV342 crashed at Lichtenberg some 8 kilometres, East North East from the centre of Berlin, where Flight Sergeant Chapman (Air Bomber) and Sergeant Russom (Wireless Operator) are buried in the 1939-45 War Cemetery.