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SCHAEFER, Bruce Astor
Personal Details
Service Number: | 403439 |
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Enlisted: | 6 January 1941 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park |
Born: | Armidale New South Wales Australia , 27 March 1914 |
Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Spitfire Aircraft Training Accident, Sumburgh Shetland Islands Scotland United Kingdom, 18 August 1942, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Lewick New Cemetery Shetland Islands Scotland U.K. Terrace 78 Grave 8 Local Roll of Honour- Armidale NSW, Lerwick New Cemetery, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Armidale High School WW2 In Memoriam Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
6 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 403439, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park | |
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6 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 403439 | |
5 May 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 403439, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, No. 602 Squadron (RAF) | |
1 Aug 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 403439, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, No. 164 Squadron (RAF) |
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