Raymond Kingsley OSTER

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OSTER, Raymond Kingsley

Service Number:	115325
Enlisted:	24 July 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	RAAF Transport and Movement Offices
Born:	South Kilkerran, South Australia, 16 May 1924
Home Town:	South Kilkerran, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Aircraft accident, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 19 December 1943, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld Plot A. Row B. Grave 10,
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canal Creek War Memorial, Maitland War Memorial

24 Jul 1942:	Involvement 115325
24 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide
24 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 115325
19 Dec 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, RAAF Transport and Movement Offices
Date unknown:	Involvement

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Edmund Theodor Oster and Dorothy Agnes Oster of Stepney, SA

USAAF Dakota C-47 #43-30742 (VH-CHR) of the 22nd Troop Carrier Squadron of the 374th Troop Carrier Group disintegrated in the air about 30 miles north of Rockhampton killing all 31 personnel on board. The RAAF passengers were:

LAC Donald Cantrol Cameron 426040 of 36 Squadron RAAF

LAC Raymond Kingsley Oster 115325 of RAAF Number 6 Transport and Movement Office, Townsville

The loss of this aircraft is still the second worst Air Disaster in Australian Aviation

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