Leo Reginald ABRAHAMS

ABRAHAMS, Leo Reginald

Service Number: 413503
Enlisted: 10 October 1941
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 459 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 28 August 1921
Home Town: Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Cyprus, 14 July 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Roll of Honour - Randwick,
Memorials: Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 413503
10 Oct 1941: Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales
10 Oct 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 413503
17 Oct 1942: Embarked
14 Jul 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 413503, No. 459 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Ventura JT836 of 459 Squadron RAAF took off from Nicosia airfield on Cyprus on a bombing mission against the German airfield at Calato (Kalathos) on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese region

No trace of the aircraft was discovered following take-off; all of the crew were officially listed as killed in action and as their bodies were not recovered they are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt

ABRAHAMS, Leo Reginald (Pilot Officer) 413503

LOVE, Frederick Raymond (Warrant Officer) 413623

SNADDON, John Ernest (Warrant Officer) 409361

YEATES, Ian Marsh (Flying Officer) 9301 

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Biography

259 Squadron. Plane was Ventura JF 856 near Rhodes Island

Rank - Pilot Officer

Son of Reginald and Florence Caroline Abrahams, of Coogee, New South Wales, Australia