Gerard Noel SPEERING

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Service Number:	434660
Enlisted:	1 January 1943
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Killarney Queensland Australia , 23 December 1922
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Killarney State Rural School (1933-36) Downlands Sacred Heart College, Queensland, Australia (1936-40)
Occupation:	Apprentice Fitter and Turner
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany - target Berlin, North West Europe, 25 March 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Hanover War Cemetery Plot 8. Row B. Grave 3.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 434660
1 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 434660, No. 3 Initial Training School Sandgate
1 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434660
27 Feb 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
24 Jun 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
6 Jul 1943:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 434660, Emb. Brisbane for U.K.
31 Aug 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 434660, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
24 Dec 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
11 Jan 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434660, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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