BEAUCHAMP, Warwick Melville
| Service Number: | 421880 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 160 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 9 March 1924 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | unknown |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Sigiriya, Ceylon, 19 April 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Liveramentu Cemetery, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 421880 | |
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| 24 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Sydney | |
| 24 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421880 | |
| 19 Apr 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421880, No. 160 Squadron (RAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Warwick Melville BEAUCHAMP was born in Auburn, Sydney, New South Wales on 9th March, 1924
His parents were Henry (Harry) Cecil BEAUCHAMP & Mary Winifred MOLLOY who married in England in 1922 (registered in Southwark, London)
He enlisted in Sydney on 24th April, 1942 with the Royal Australian Air Force - his last rank was a Flight Sergeant with the 160 Squadron (RAF)
Warwick died in a Flying Batttle on 19th April, 1944 at Sigiriya, Ceylon after his Liberator aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff while on a dive bombing attack on the enemy , he is buried in the Colombo (Liveramentu) Cemetery in Sri Lanka - his name is memorialsed on the Australian War Memorial
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His grandfather Henry Cecil BEAUCHAMP served during WW1 (SN 1211) in the 2nd Remount Unit and returned to Australia in 1916 - he also served in British Units
Biography
Plane was Liberator Mark V, BZ864. 160 Squadron. Lost near Sigiriya, Ceylon
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