Alastair Mackay GREENFIELD

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GREENFIELD, Alastair Mackay

Service Number:	401064
Enlisted:	8 December 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 158 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Ballarat Victoria Australia , 5 March 1910
Home Town:	Shepparton, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling:	Ballarat College, Victoria, Australia 1918-28
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Flying Battle, Central Netherlands , Germany, 22 July 1942, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, Netherlands Plot 13. Row 3. Grave 50. Local Roll of Honour- Ballarat Victoria Australia , Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, Utrecht, Netherlands
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Kialla West Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 401064
8 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 401064, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
8 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401064
22 Feb 1941:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401064, Embarked Sydney for Canada the U.K.
17 May 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401064, No. 207 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
12 Jun 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401064, No. 158 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Graham Padget

Sergeant Alastair Mackay Greenfield was the Son of Angus Mackay Greenfield and Florence Maud Greenfield, (née Troup) of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

Sergeant Greenfield was a gunner on the 158 Squadron Halifax bomber W1040 on a mission to the city of Duisburg, Ruhr area, Western Germany. The aircraft was attacked and damaged by a night fighter and then making a forced landing in a polder (field) in central Netherlands.

CWGC Headstone
HE VOLUNTEERED, FOUGHT AND DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE

^{(part extracted & edited from WW2 commentary and AWM/NAA/DVA Service records)}

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