LEES, Frederick John
Service Number: | 407901 |
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Enlisted: | 3 February 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 10 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, 10 February 1914 |
Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Butcher |
Died: | Accidental (plane crash), United Kingdom, 3 October 1943, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 407901, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 407901 | |
1 Dec 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 407901, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF), Battle of the Atlantic - RAN and RAAF Operations | |
10 Oct 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 407901, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born 10 February 1914 in Broken Hill, New South Wales
Father Willliam Albury Lees and Mother Esther Lenoria Lees,
living in Broken Hill, NSW
Wife: Eugenie Phillippa Lees, living at Millswood, SA
3/2/1941 enlisted into RAAF in Adelaide, SA
December 1942 - 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF based at RAF Station Mount Batten,
Plymouth, England, operating with Coastal Command in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Flight Lieutenant in 10th RAAF Squadron
*** service record needs to be ordered through National Archives of Australia ***
3/10/1943 killed in action
No known grave
His name is commemorated on Panel 187 at the Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede,
Surrey, England.
His name is commemorated on Panel 99 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 20/6/2016. Lest we forget.