BARTLETT, Frank McLaurin
| Service Numbers: | 265197, NX93824 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Operational Base Units (RAAF) |
| Born: | Romsey, England, 16 March 1908 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Canterbury |
| Occupation: | B.A. |
| Died: | Accidental (Aircraft accident), Monto, Queensland, Queensland, Australia, 21 November 1943, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Plot A Row B Collective Grave 1 - 5 / 10 - 16, Bundaberg General Cemetery, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 265197 | |
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| 27 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX93824 | |
| 13 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 265197, RAAF Ground Training Schools | |
| 13 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 265197 | |
| 21 Nov 1943: | Involvement Flying Officer, Operational Base Units (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Doctor Ralph Clarke Bartlett and Helen Bartlett
Husband of Minola Kathleen Bartlett of London, England
Flying Officer Frank McLaurin Bartlett 265197 of 25 Operational Base Unit & Leading Aircraftman Hector Richard Hore 126243 of 20 Squadron were the only RAAF passengers on Dakota C-47-DL, #41-18648, call sign VH-CGC "Star Duster" of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron, 374th Transport Group, USAAF when it was posted as missing.
The aircraft was lost on its final leg from Ward's airfield in New Guinea to Archerfield. It took on cargo in Townsville and mail in Rockhampton. After leaving Rockhampton the aircraft disappeared without trace. The wreckage was located in June 1948 in the Monto area, 65 miles west of Bundaberg
The American crew consisted of: 1st Lt Victor N Gibson, pilot / 2nd Lt Michael L Reitman, co-pilot / S/Sgt Everett L Ahmann, aerial engineer / Cpl John F Guigo (or Guigno), radio operator
American passengers were Technician 5th Grade Albert E. Peglow & T/Sgt T.G. Cucciaro
Australian Army Passengers:
Sergeant Hugh John McClean NX151913 - Australian Headquarters Moresby Base Sub Area
Sergeant Philip Ernest Nicholls SX6040 - Australian Army Pay Corps - 1 Corps Field Cash office / QLD L of C Accounts Office
Gunner Thomas Layton Vinecombe VX37247 - 2/3rd Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment / 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment
Sergeant Jack Ernest Kerr NX125184 - 165 General Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps
Sergeant Albert William Lawrence WX16521 - 2/4 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RAA
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