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FLT SGT Christian Henry Gerner

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FLT SGT Christian Henry Gerner Veteran

Birth
Waratah, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia
Death
6 Feb 1945 (aged 20)
England
Burial
Blyth, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England Add to Map
Plot
Sec. B. Grave 3111.
Memorial ID
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Son of Christian Henry and Isabelle Gerner, of Singleton New South Wales, Australia. Enlisted in the RAAF 27 February 1943.


Service Number: 433206

Enlisted: 27 February 1943

Last Rank: Flight Sergeant

Last Unit: Not yet discovered

Born: Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 8 December 1924

Home Town: Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales

Schooling: Not yet discovered

Occupation: Not yet discovered

Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, 6 February 1945, aged 20 years


Cemetery: Cowpen Cemetery, Cowpen, Blyth, Northumberland, England

Cowpen Cemetery, Cowpen, Blyth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singleton War Memorial


Flight Sergeant Christian Henry Gerner 433206 of Number 4 Radio School / 61 Operational Training Unit RAF was killed when Percival Proctor LZ595 crashed near Oswestry, Shropshire, England - also killed was Captain Mat Doucris 1087 of the Free French (NFI)


Source: Virtual War Memorial Australia

Son of Christian Henry and Isabelle Gerner, of Singleton New South Wales, Australia. Enlisted in the RAAF 27 February 1943.


Service Number: 433206

Enlisted: 27 February 1943

Last Rank: Flight Sergeant

Last Unit: Not yet discovered

Born: Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 8 December 1924

Home Town: Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales

Schooling: Not yet discovered

Occupation: Not yet discovered

Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, 6 February 1945, aged 20 years


Cemetery: Cowpen Cemetery, Cowpen, Blyth, Northumberland, England

Cowpen Cemetery, Cowpen, Blyth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singleton War Memorial


Flight Sergeant Christian Henry Gerner 433206 of Number 4 Radio School / 61 Operational Training Unit RAF was killed when Percival Proctor LZ595 crashed near Oswestry, Shropshire, England - also killed was Captain Mat Doucris 1087 of the Free French (NFI)


Source: Virtual War Memorial Australia


Inscription

433206 Flight Sergeant C. H. GERNER Royal Australian Air Force 5th February 1945 age 20 He shall not grow old, As we that are left grow old


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