BRAID, Alexander Albert
| Service Number: | 408562 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 77 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | North Melbourne, Victoria Australia, 21 April 1918 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Architect |
| Died: | Flying Battle, North West Europe, 17 June 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Uden War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands Plot 5, Row C, Grave 8 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 408562, Aircrew Training Units | |
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| 17 Jun 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 408562, No. 77 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alexander and Albertha Agnes Braid; husband of June Beverly Braid, of Mitcham, Victoria, Australia.
Alexander Albert Braid was born 21 April 1918 the son of Alexander and Alberta Braid at North Melbourne, Victoria. Before enlisting on 27 April 1941 Alexander was a practising Architect. He married June Beverly Thomas in 1942. (RAAF records not digitized) On transfer to the United Kingdom he was an observer with 77 Squadron RAF. Warrant Officer Braid was killed whilst on operations when Halifax MZ715 was lost returning from a raid over Sterkrade in Germany on the night of 16 June 1944.
Plane was Halifax HZ 715 of 77 Squadron lost on air operations over Sterkade, Germany CREW:RAAF Pilot Officer A I Crain-Pilot RAF Sergeant V Gledhill-Flight Engineer RAF Flying Officer T R Davies-Navigator RAAF Warrant Officer A A Braid-Air Bomber RAF Warrant Officer A J Owen Wireless Air Gunner RAAF Flight Sergeant P E T Tiernan-Mid Upper Gunner RAAF Flight Sergeant A J Burns -Rear Gunner.
The aircraft exploded in the air throwing Warrant Officer Owen clear, injured he was hospitalized and spent the remainder of the war as a POW. All other members of the crew were killed. Alexander Braid is buried in The Soldiers Cemetery, Uden, Noord Brabant, Holland Grave 86. Warrant Officer Braid is remembered with honour at the Australian War Memorial and on the Melbourne Cenotaph at Kew, Melbourne, Victoria.
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