O'BRIEN, John Ormond
Service Number: | 403876 |
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Enlisted: | 4 March 1941 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 49 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 19 March 1919 |
Home Town: | Gordon, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, North Sea, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, New South Wales, Australia, 21 June 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Botany General Cemetery, Botany, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 403876 | |
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4 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
4 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 403876 | |
20 Jun 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 403876, No. 49 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Manchester L7387 of 49SQN RAF crashed in the North Sea, off the coast of Holland / Sweden with all on board killed:
PRICE, Harrington Warren (Sergeant) 402539 RAAF (buried in Vredenhof Cemetery on Schiermonnikoog Island, Friesland, Netherlands)
McKENNA, Terence Francis Breen (Sergeant) 405162 RAAF (buried in Kviberg Cemetery, Goteborg, Västergötland, Sweden)
O’BRIEN, John Ormond (Sergeant) 403876 RAAF (body not recovered - he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial)
ALLEN, Keith (Sergeant) 401359 RAAF (body not recovered - he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial)
GOLDRING, Charles Edward (Sergeant) 657308 RAF (body not recovered - he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial)
ROGERS, Neville John (Sergeant) 778781 RAF (body not recovered - he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial)
GAROS, Alexander (Sergeant) 778783 RAF (body not recovered - he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial)