NEWMAN, John Robert
Service Number: | 404733 |
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Enlisted: | 18 March 1939 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 30 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Ayr, Queensland, Australia , 1 June 1920 |
Home Town: | Ayr, Burdekin, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, New Britain Pacific Islands, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 10 September 1943, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 34, Rabaul Memorial, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ayr War Memorial, Postmaster-General's Dept. Qld. WW2, Rabaul Memorial |
World War 2 Service
18 Mar 1939: | Enlisted | |
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3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 404733 | |
8 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404733, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF) | |
8 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 404733, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park | |
27 Jun 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant | |
30 Dec 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer | |
30 Jun 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer | |
12 Dec 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404733, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 | |
14 Mar 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404733, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
RAAF 30SQN Beaufighter A19-132 was hit by Japanese anti-aircraft fire and forced to ditch into the ocean off Palmalmal Plantation on the south coast of New Britain on 9 September 1943 - all crew were seen in dinghies the next day but they did not survive. They have no known grave and are all are listed on the Rabaul Memorial in New Britain.
Captain Thomas Fergusson Gill SX4550 of Number 1 Australian Air Liaison Section - army observer
Flying Officer John Robert Newman 404733 and Flying Officer William George Ronald Binnie 43192 - crew