Jack FORBY

FORBY, Jack

Service Numbers: S9194, 39764
Enlisted: 15 July 1940
Last Rank: Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Gawler, South Australia, 20 October 1917
Home Town: Gawler, Gawler, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Ground Battle, Java, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia
Jakarta War Cemetery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council WW2 Honour Roll, Gawler RSL Memorial Wall
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World War 2 Service

15 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, S9194
15 Jul 1940: Enlisted S9194
22 Jul 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 39764, No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)
22 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 39764
22 Jul 1941: Enlisted 39764

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

AC Jack Forby 39764 of Number 1 Squadron RAAF was killed during the Japanese landings on Java