Service No. 417835
\n\nDate of Birth: 9 Dec 1923
\n\nPlace of Birth : UNLEY, SA
\n\nDate of Enlistment: 18 Jul 1942
\n\nDate of Discharge: 18 Dec 1945
\n\nRank: Warrant Officer
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\n\n418728 Pilot Officer -- RG (Reg) Withers - Pilot
\n\t429344 Flying Officer -- HJ (Bert) Nowill - Observer Nav (B)
\n\t417835 Warrant Officer -- DG (Don) Heath - WAG
\n\tTom Marron (RAF) Air Gunner
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Reg Withers and his crew flew operational sorties with 454 RAAF Baltimore Squadron on the Italian East Coast and over the Po River Valley and Lombardy Plains during the final battles of the Italian campaign, mainly in a night intruder role, from 14.11.44 till 2.5.45 when the Axis armies surrendered.
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