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F/Sgt Murray Arthur Smith

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F/Sgt Murray Arthur Smith Veteran

Birth
Kensington, City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, South Australia, Australia
Death
24 Feb 1945 (aged 19)
Mönchengladbach, Stadtkreis Möchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Rheinberg, Kreis Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Add to Map
Plot
Coll. grave 3. J. 10-15.
Memorial ID
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Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 442286 (Air Gunner)
Posting on Death: 462 Squadron, Foulsham, Norfolk.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Halifax PN429; Place - Target Neuss, Germany; Date - 24 February 1945.
Shot down at Munchengladbach during a Bomber Support Sortie to Neuss, probably shot down by a Night Fighter.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Norwood SA, also Murray Arthur Smith's name is located at panel 109 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Hector Arthur and Gertrude Elsie Smith, of Kensington, South Australia.
Flight Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force 442286 (Air Gunner)
Posting on Death: 462 Squadron, Foulsham, Norfolk.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Halifax PN429; Place - Target Neuss, Germany; Date - 24 February 1945.
Shot down at Munchengladbach during a Bomber Support Sortie to Neuss, probably shot down by a Night Fighter.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Norwood SA, also Murray Arthur Smith's name is located at panel 109 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Hector Arthur and Gertrude Elsie Smith, of Kensington, South Australia.

Inscription

DUTY NOBLY DONE
CHERISHED MEMORIES
FATHER, MOTHER & SISTER
IN AUSTRALIA


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