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AC1 Francis Leo Baxendale

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AC1 Francis Leo Baxendale Veteran

Birth
Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia
Death
12 Apr 1943 (aged 23)
Libya
Burial
Benghazi, Banghāzī, Libya Add to Map
Plot
Plot 6. Row E. Grave 19.
Memorial ID
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WW2 Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Aircraftman 1st Class 6665.
Posting on Death: 462 Squadron, he died in a ground battle in the "Middle East".
Killed when a Landmine Accidentally Exploded at Mersa Brega.
Son of Thomas and Eleanor Baxendale, of Auburn, New South Wales, Australia.
He is honoured with a last post tribute video at the Australian War Memorial, the copyright video can be viewed by using this link;
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2647771
He is commemorated on the Community Roll of Honour in Balmain NSW, also his name is located at panel 109 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Father Thomas Joseph Baxendale (1878-1932)
Mother (Helena?) Noonan (1881-1939)
View Memorial site here
WW2 Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Aircraftman 1st Class 6665.
Posting on Death: 462 Squadron, he died in a ground battle in the "Middle East".
Killed when a Landmine Accidentally Exploded at Mersa Brega.
Son of Thomas and Eleanor Baxendale, of Auburn, New South Wales, Australia.
He is honoured with a last post tribute video at the Australian War Memorial, the copyright video can be viewed by using this link;
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2647771
He is commemorated on the Community Roll of Honour in Balmain NSW, also his name is located at panel 109 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Father Thomas Joseph Baxendale (1878-1932)
Mother (Helena?) Noonan (1881-1939)

Inscription

"May The Sacred Heart
of Jesus
Have Mercy On His Soul"


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