Birth Date: 1914-February-15
Born: Boonah, Queensland, Australia
Parents: Son of Joseph and Ellen Browne, of Moogerah, Queensland, Australia
Spouse:
Home: Moogerah, Queensland, Australia
Enlistment: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Enlistment Date: 1941-December-06
Service
RAAF
Unit
158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity
Base
RAF Lissett
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Service Numbers
414914
Monchengladbach Germany
Brusthem (St Trond) Cemetery, near crash site
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
#158 Squadron RAF (Strength in Unity) RAF Lissett. Halifax II aircraft #HR 739 NP-U was shot down by a night fighter during an operation against targets in Monchengladbach, Germany. The Halifax crashed near Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
FS WJ Browne (RAAF) was killed in action
158 Squadron Association - Personnel Detail
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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