Roy Gordon BRADLEY

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BRADLEY, Roy Gordon

Service Number:	50651
Enlisted:	4 February 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Maidstone, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1923
Home Town:	Maidstone, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Hughes Airstrip, Northern Territory, Australia, 27 February 1943, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT R.C.6., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sunshine Cenotaph

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 50651
4 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, RAAF Ground Training Schools
4 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 50651
27 Feb 1943:	Involvement Leading Aircraftman, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Alfred Ernest and Clara Bradley of Maidstone, Victoria

Lockheed Hudson A16-212 of Number 13 Squadron crashed 100 yards short of the runway at Hughes Field, Northern Territory killing 4 personnel with 2 others surviving with serious injuries. Killed were:

Sergeant William Robert Cochrane Robertson 401164

LAC Roy Gordon Bradley 50651

LAC Percy Russell Lazarus 32408

Corporal Charles Conroy Jennings 18872

Survived: LAC Kelvin Eric George Edwards 61066 & Sergeant Keith Danks Brown 405822

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