Sydney Clifton (Syd) SWIFT

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SWIFT, Sydney Clifton

Service Number:	430403
Enlisted:	29 January 1943
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Bendigo Victoria Australia , 11 March 1924
Home Town:	Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Christian Brothers' College North Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Occupation:	Draughtsman
Died:	Flying Battle, Belgium, 21 February 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Hasselt (Kruisveld) Communal Cemetery Row D. Grave 2.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 430403
29 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 430403, No. 1 Initial Training School Somers
29 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 430403
24 Apr 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
6 Jan 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
6 Jul 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
1 Aug 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 430403, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
1 Jan 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 430403, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

KILLED IN BOMBER CRASH
Flying-Officer and Mrs Swift, of Newport, have been advised that their only son, Flying-Officer Sydney C. Swift, was killed on an operational flight on February 20, when the Lancaster bomber, of which he was a crew member, crashed at Zeelham, Belgium. Flying-Officer Swift, who was aged 20, was educated at Christian Brothers' College, North Melbourne, and before enlisting in the RAAF, was employed by the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.

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