Francis D. Milne Pilot Officer Royal Australian Air Force |
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Officer Milne died on a World War II air mission while serving with a U.
S. Aircrew on November 26, 1942. He was a member of a multinational flight
crew whose remains were discovered in New Guinea in 1989. Since his remains,
and those of the United States Army Air Corps Technical Sergeant (Joseph
E. Paul), were individually unidentifiable, they were buried together in
the same casket in grave 4754, Section 34, Arlington National Cemetery.
This information was researched, and then located, due to a number of inquiries received from Australian citizens in November 1997. As far as can be determined, he is the only Australian thus far buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Each ANZAC Day 25 April, (our equivalent of the American Veterans Day) there is a small ceremony at the site by the RAAF staff in Washington, D.C. following the Commemorative Service in the National Cathedral. The Prime Minister of Australia joined in the tradition and visited the gravesite in 1997 during an official visit to Washington
In Memory of
Remembered with honour
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| Thanks
for Keith Barnes for helping to solve this "mystery."
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