ALEXANDER, David Sydney
Service Number: | 420109 |
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Enlisted: | 11 October 1941, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 466 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 20 April 1922 |
Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Randwick Primary School, New South Wales; Paddington Junior School, New South Wales; Technical School, New South Wales |
Occupation: | Millk Tester |
Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 29 January 1944, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery Collective grave. Plot 5, Row H, Grave 3-6 Headstone inscription reads: His duty well and nobly done |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 420109 | |
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11 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 420109, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
17 Oct 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, 420109, Embarked at Sydney, NSW for UK | |
24 Apr 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 466 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Leonard Wellington Alexander and Elsie Alexander of 12 McLennan Street, Randwick, NSW.
Studied radio wiring for sixteen months while at Technical School, NSW.
He enjoyed playing sports and competed in cricket, football, hockey, tennis, both ice skating and roller skating, swimming, surfing and billiards
At the time of enlistment he was employed by Dairy Farmers Company, 700 Harris Street, Sydney, NSW
Medal: 1939-45 War Medal