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WEDD, Rex Henry

Service Number:	408200
Enlisted:	28 March 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Gormantson, Tasmania, 18 January 1914
Home Town:	Lenah Valley, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Laubach, Germany, 20 December 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Hanover War Cemetery Collective grave 8, Row E, Graves 9 - 12, Hannover War Cemetery, Hannover, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 408200
28 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 408200, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
28 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 408200, No. 156 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Plane was Lancaster JA674