Edgar Griffiths JOHNSON

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JOHNSON, Edgar Griffiths

Service Number:	403813
Enlisted:	3 March 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 50 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 6 May 1920
Home Town:	Collaroy, Warringah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Bremen, Germany, 26 June 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany Becklingen War Cemetery, Luneburg, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW2 Honour Roll, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 403813
3 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
26 Jun 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 403813, No. 50 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Manchester IL7299 of 50SQN RAF crashed near the mission target of Bremen in Germany with all on board killed:

HUGALL, Robert Leslie (Sergeant) 406318 RAAF

PETERS, Jasper Stormond (Sergeant) 12419 RAAF

THOMPSON, Lawrence Chase (Sergeant) 402622 RAAF

JOHNSON, Edgar Griffiths (Sergeant) 403813 RAAF

HARDY, Niel Malcolm (Sergeant) 404903 RAAF

LINDSAY, James William (Sergeant) 403194 RAAF

ROY, John Charles (Sergeant) 41361 RNZAF

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