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BEER, Jack Garfield
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 10634, V446829 |
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Enlisted: | 9 January 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Sale, Victoria, Australia, 27 April 1919 |
Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
Schooling: | Ballarat High School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, Sicily, Italy, 22 July 1943, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Plot 1. Row G. Grave 1. Local Roll of Honour- Ballarat, Victoria, Catania War Cemetery, Catania, Sicily, Italy |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 10634 | |
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9 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V446829 | |
21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 10634, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) | |
21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 10634, No. 1 Initial Training School Somers | |
16 Mar 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant | |
3 Jul 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 10634, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre | |
6 Sep 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant Beer 10634 in Kittyhawk FL271 of 3SQN was killed when his aircraft was shot down by flak during an armed recce of the Leonforte - Nicosia area on Sicily