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FORREST, Russell Richard Napier
Personal Details
Service Number: | 421587 |
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Enlisted: | 28 February 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 466 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 22 November 1923 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 8 April 1945, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Hanover War Cemetery Grave Ref. 10 C 11 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Manly War Memorial NSW |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 421587 | |
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28 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 421587 | |
8 Apr 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 421587, No. 466 Squadron (RAAF) | |
Date unknown: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Russell Richard Napier FORREST was born in Randwick, Sydney on 22nd November, 1923
His parents were Richard John FORREST & Amelia Bertha CARMODY who married in Sydney in 1921
He married Joan HEALD in England in 1945 (registered in Stockport)