SWINBOURNE, Geoffrey Cook
Service Number: | 432593 |
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Enlisted: | 2 January 1943 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 1 (Middle East) Training School RAF |
Born: | Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia, 9 August 1924 |
Home Town: | Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | North Sydney Primary & Homebush Boys High School |
Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
Died: | Flying Accident, Egypt, 4 November 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour, Yorketown Kadina Union Bank WW2 Roll of Honor |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 432593 | |
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2 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
2 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 432593 | |
4 Nov 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 432593, 1 (Middle East) Training School RAF, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Geoffrey Cook SWINBOURNE was born in Strathfield, Sydney on 9th August 1924
His parents were Edward Lyttelton SWINBOURNE & Laura Florence LANGHAM who married in Sydney in 1910
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant Swinbourne 432593 of Number 73 Operational Training Unit RAF based at RAF Station Fayid was killed when Kittyhawk ET1022 crashed at Abu Sueir, Egypt