Athol Richard Grainger
Service number
403169
Military unit
207 Sqdn Royal Australian Air Force
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Date of birth
Date of death
15 Feb 1943 (27 years old)
Place of birth
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Family history
Son of Reynold Bede Grainger and Margaret Ann Grainger; husband of Margaret Rennie Cruikshanks Grainger, of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.
Military history
ST. BRISSON COMMUNAL CEMETERY Grave 2.
Milan
Lancaster L7547 took off 1914 15 Feb 1942 from Langar. Homebound crashed at St-Brisson (Nievre) 11 km W of Saulieu C_te d'Or France.
Flight Sergeant T W Strong (BA), Flight Sergeant A R Grainger (W/Op), Sergeant F I Tillen (N), Sergeant H G Bone (AG), Sergeant K White (AG): killed; Flight Sergeant J H F Whyte (P), Sergeant S Eyre (FE): evaded capture; Lancaster L7547, 207 Squadron, aircraft failed to return from an operational flight, enemy action, St Brisson, France.
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