WEEKES, Richard
Service Numbers: | 437606, NX6397 |
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Enlisted: | 3 November 1939 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 576 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia, 3 April 1918 |
Home Town: | Helensburgh, Wollongong, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Air Operations - Attacked by an enemy night fighter, Weyersheim, France, Weyersheim, Bas-Rhin, France, 29 July 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Cronenbourg French National Cemetery, France L. 9. 14 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 437606 | |
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3 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX6397 | |
23 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units | |
23 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 437606 | |
29 Jul 1944: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, No. 576 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Lancaster LR299 crashed near Weyersheim, France killing:
Flight Sergeant Richard Weekes 437606 - Son of Alfred and Celeana Weekes of Helensburgh, NSW
Flight Sergeant Stephen Allen Smith 35590 - Son of Stephen and Annie Smith of Newcastle, NSW
Flying Officer Ronald William Brown 417454 - Son of William Octavious and Edith Eliza Ann Brown & Husband of Iris Hall Brown of Prospect, SA