PEART, Leonard Henry
Service Number: | 416063 |
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Enlisted: | 3 March 1941 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 32 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Tailem Bend, South Australia, 19 November 1914 |
Home Town: | Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Store Keeper |
Died: | Flying Accident, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 31 May 1943, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Plot A. Row D. Grave 10 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murray Bridge Pictorial Honour Roll KIA WW2 & Vietnam, Murray Bridge War Memorial WW2 |
World War 2 Service
3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 416063, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 416063 | |
31 May 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 416063, No. 32 Squadron (RAAF), Empire Air Training Scheme | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Beaufort A9-285 of Number 32 Squadron crashed near Bundaberg killing all crew on board:
Flying Officer Denis Kinloch Whishaw 408222 (pilot) - Son of Denis and Mary Kinloch Whishaw of Carrick, Tasmania
Flying Officer Robert Chester Brabham 407998 (observer) - Son of Robert Mather Brabham and Mary Agnes Brabham of Kensington, SA
Pilot Officer James Gavin Hylton 416072 - Son of James Roy and Lyda Patricia Hylton of Fimiston, WA
Pilot Officer Leonard Henry Peart 416063 (WAGS) - Son of Isaac and Edith Jane Peart & Husband of Kathleen Grace Peart of Murray Bridge, SA