LUSCOMBE, Bryan Taylor
Service Numbers: | 57003, 5/7003 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 25 June 1950 |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 1903 Independent Air Operations Flight RAF |
Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, 14 May 1928 |
Home Town: | Cronulla, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Bellevue Hill, Hale School WA & others |
Occupation: | College graduate |
Died: | Killed in Action, Imjin River, Korea, 5 June 1952, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea Captain Luscombe was originally interred at Tanggok Cemetery. Portion 19 Plot and Row 8 Grave No.1057 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery Wall of Remembrance, Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 2, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove |
Korean War Service
25 Jun 1950: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, 57003, Royal Australian Artillery | |
---|---|---|
6 Nov 1951: | Involvement 57003 | |
6 Nov 1951: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 57003, 1903 Independent Air Operations Flight RAF | |
6 Jun 1952: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 5/7003, 1903 Independent Air Operations Flight RAF |
Help us honour Bryan Taylor Luscombe's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Bryan Taylor LUSCOMBE was born on 14th May, 1928 in Tamworth, NSW
His parents were Francis Taylor LUSCOMBE and Queenie Kate WALSH who married in Bellingen, NSW in 1920
He was a graduate of Duntroon Military College before he enlisted to serve in the Korean War
He served from 6th November, 1951 to 5th June, 1952
Bryan married Shirley HUTCHERSON on 10th October, 1951 in Sydney