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GILES, Arthur Ronald
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | S39961, 417464 |
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Enlisted: | 26 September 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 576 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Auburn, South Australia, 25 June 1922 |
Home Town: | Willunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 12 September 1944, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Rheinberg War Cemetery, Rheinberg, Germany |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Watervale Morella School Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
26 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S39961 | |
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26 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Torrens Hall, SA | |
26 Sep 1941: | Involvement Private, S39961 | |
23 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417464 | |
23 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417464, Adelaide, South Australia | |
24 May 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417464 | |
27 May 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 576 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Lost on 24th mission enroute to Frankfurt, when Lancaster ME854 (UL-D2) was hit by anti-aricraft fire and then subsequently shot down by a JU-88 nightfighter piloted by Haputman Martin Becker of 2 NJG6 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nayland Aldridge
Lost on 24th mission enroute to Frankfurt, when Lancaster ME854 (UL-D2) was hit by anti-aricraft fire and then subsequently shot down by a JU-88 nightfighter piloted by Haputman Martin Becker of 2 NJG6