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JAY, Brinley Pearce
Personal Details
Service Number: | 403745 |
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Enlisted: | 3 March 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 158 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia , 12 May 1919 |
Home Town: | Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Trainee Engineer |
Died: | Flying Battle, near Saarbrucken Germany, 17 April 1943, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Plot 8. Row E. Grave 3. Local Roll of Honour- Sydney NSW, Rheinberg War Cemetery, Rheinberg, Germany |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 403745 | |
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3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 403745, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park | |
3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 403745 | |
9 Feb 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 403745, No. 158 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Padget
Flying Officer Brinley Pearce Jay was the son of Albin Henry and Rhoda Annie Jay husband of Agnes Freda Gilmour Jay of Prestwick Ayrshire, Scotland
(various WW2 Sites incl AWM)