David Charles GRANT

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GRANT, David Charles

Service Numbers:	426437, Q112988
Enlisted:	20 February 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Granite Hills, Queensland, Australia, 11 November 1923
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Central State School and Technical College, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Assistant Refrigeration Mechanic
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 20 December 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 192, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Townsville WW2 HR, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 426437
20 Feb 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q112988
20 Feb 1942:	Involvement Gunner, Q112988
20 Feb 1942:	Enlisted
20 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q112988
19 Jun 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q112988
19 Jun 1942:	Discharged
20 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426437, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)
20 Jun 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426437, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)
Date unknown:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426437, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Donald Ogilvie Grant and Dorothy Eade married, 14th July 1914 at the Methodist Church, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Fate: - On 20th December 1943, 1638 hrs, Flight Sergeant David Charles Grant (Rear Tail Gunner) aboard Halifax II HX186, of 10th Squadron, RAF took off from air base Melbourne. The aircraft failed to return from its mission over Germany, where it was shot down in an air battle, of those killed three are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial while Sergeant Rochecouste from Quatre Bornes on Mauritius is buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery.

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