Lester Maxwell BAILEY

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Service Numbers:	443477, N275421
Enlisted:	10 November 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 12 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Bexley, New South Wales, Australia, 10 April 1914
Home Town:	Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Flying Battle, Truscott, Western Australia, 20 May 1945, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory Plot S, Row A, Grave 14 Roll of Honour Merrylands, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parramatta NSW Department of Education Teachers and Trainees WW2 Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 443477
10 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N275421
29 Oct 1943:	Enlisted Sydney
29 Oct 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 443477, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF)
29 Oct 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N275421, Accepted into RAAF.
20 May 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 443477, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF), Killed

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12 Squadron RAAF Liberator A72-160 crashed at Truscott Field, NT killing all crew on board:

Warrant Officer Thomas Nathan Rust 408378 - Son of Thomas Henry Lyne Rust and Mary Ethel Rust of Wynyard, Tasmania

Flight Sergeant John Austin Hollis 445226 - Son of Herbert Richard and Jean Bailey Hollis of Bondi Beach, NSW

Flight Sergeant John Raymond Wilbur Herps 440858 - Son of Raymond Luther Herps and Mabel Annie Herps of Gladesville, NSW

Flight Sergeant Ivan Nelson Luke Easton 439751 - Son of Luke and Martha Elizabeth Easton of Vaucluse, NSW

Sergeant Leonard Duncanson 59752 - Son of James McEwan Duncanson and Bessie Duncanson of Brunswick, Victoria

Warrant Officer Bernard Leslie Cox 412402 - Son of Bernard and Caroline Cox of Seven Hills, NSW

Flight Sergeant Donald Douglas Benson 435604 - Son of Douglas and Maude Kathleen Benson of Mosman, NSW

Flight Sergeant Thomas Walter Allen 440166 - Son of Thomas James Allen and Barbara Ruth Allen of Earlwood, NSW

Flight Sergeant Lester Maxwell Bailey 443477 - Son of Walter Kemble Bailey and Gladys Ann Brassington Bailey of Granville, NSW

Flying Officer William Samuel Bell 417693 - Son of James Kenny Bell and Ethel Elizabeth Bell & Husband of Martha Maude Bell of Bagot Well, SA

Flight Lieutenant Francis Leonard Sismey 402764 - Son of George William and Ethel May Sismey & Husband of Enid Maude Sismey of Concord, NSW

Plane was Liberator A72-160, crashed Truscott Strip, Northern Territory, Australia12 Squadron

Son of Walter Kemble Bailey and Gladys Ann Brassington Bailey, of Granville, New South Wales.