The story
Name: W B BERNIE
Rank: Pilot Officer
Official number: 428901
Service/attached: RAAF
Squadron: 9 Squadron, RAAF
Date of death: 1944-10-25
Aircraft: Walrus X 9559
Place of death: Near Karasau Island, New Guinea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LAE MEMORIAL, Papua
Commemoration details: Panel 6
Family details: Son of Madeline Bernie, of Petersham, New South Wales, Australia
Rank: Pilot Officer
Official number: 428901
Service/attached: RAAF
Squadron: 9 Squadron, RAAF
Date of death: 1944-10-25
Aircraft: Walrus X 9559
Place of death: Near Karasau Island, New Guinea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LAE MEMORIAL, Papua
Commemoration details: Panel 6
Family details: Son of Madeline Bernie, of Petersham, New South Wales, Australia
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