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HELLYER, Colin Cecil Oliver
Personal Details
Service Number: | 412443 |
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Enlisted: | 19 July 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 139 Squadron (RAF) - 'Jamaica' |
Born: | Wahroonga , New South Wales, 2 March 1922 |
Home Town: | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
Schooling: | Queanbeyan Public School, Telopea Park Primary & Intermediate High School & Canberra High School |
Occupation: | Lithograph assistant |
Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 20 August 1943, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
19 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 412443, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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19 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412443 | |
20 Jul 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 412443, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
20 Aug 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412443, No. 139 Squadron (RAF) - 'Jamaica' , Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Colin Cecil Oliver HELLYER was born on 2nd March, 1922 at Wahroonga, Sydney
His parents were Cecil William HELLYER and Daisy Anna JANSON - he was their only son