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BEACH, Rex Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 419023 |
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Enlisted: | 26 June 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 86 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia, 7 March 1924 |
Home Town: | Moorabbin, Bayside, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Accident, At sea - off Merauke, New Guinea, 30 April 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 419023 | |
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26 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
26 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 419023 | |
30 Apr 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 419023, No. 86 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Pilot Officer Beach 419023 of 86SQN RAAF was killed when Kittyhawk A29-621 crashed near Merauke, New Guinea - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Lae Memorial