Olaf Ruprecht BOEKENSTEIN

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Service Number:	165185
Enlisted:	8 August 1944
Last Rank:	Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School Benalla
Born:	Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 27 July 1926
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Mica Cutter
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 9 October 1944, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Benalla War Cemetery Plot C, Row A, Grave 15
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 165185
8 Aug 1944:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 165185, Sydney
8 Aug 1944:	Enlisted 165185
9 Oct 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 165185, No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School Benalla

Olaf Ruprecht BOEKENSTEIN was born in Cooks Hill, Newcastle, NSW on 27th July, 1926

He was the only son of James Rupert BOEKENSTEIN & Ethel Alma WILKINS

He enlisted in the RAAF in Sydney on 8th August, 1944 & became a trainee pilot in the No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School at Benalla

Olaf accidentally drowned in the Broken River at Benalla in Victoria whilst swimming with 2 friends - he is buried in the Benalla War Cemetery

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