WINCHESTER, William Victor Bryan
Service Number: | 409265 |
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Enlisted: | 20 July 1941, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 466 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 12 June 1918 |
Home Town: | East Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Tenambit Public School; Maitland Boys High School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | School Teacher |
Died: | Flying Battle, France, 12 August 1943, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Guidel Communal Cemetery, Morbihan, France Row 6, Grave 6 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 409265 | |
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20 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409265, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
12 Aug 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409265, No. 466 Squadron (RAAF), Final Posting: 466 Squadron Leconfield Yorkshire |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Taught at Albury Grammar School
24 August 1942 - Embarked at Sydney for UK
Plane was Wellington LN442 crashed in France
Medals: 1939-45 Star, Aircrew Europe Medal, Defence Medal
At school William passed Maths 11, English, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, History. Failed Maths1 and French
Sports played: Golf, Swimming, Tennis, Football, Cricket
Parents address was 139 High Street, East Maitland, NSW. Father was a Surveyor