BUCK, Alex Allan
| Service Number: | 2592 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 March 1937 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | General Reconnaissance School Bairnsdale |
| Born: | STROUD, NSW, 23 March 1912 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Aircraft accident), Off New South Wales Coast, Australia, 7 April 1945, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Rutherford Royal Newcastle Aero Club Roll of Honor, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Mar 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 2592 | |
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| 30 Mar 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 2592, General Reconnaissance School Bairnsdale | |
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 2592 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Henry Joseph and Amy Mary Buck
Husband of Amy Dorothea Buck of Dungog, NSW
Avro Anson aircraft W2244 of General Reconnaissance Squadron Bairnsdale was reported missing at sea off Crescent Head, NSW with the loss of all personnel on board. Commemorated on the Sydney Memorial are:
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Archibald Meiklejohn 405635
Flight Lieutenant Alec Allan Buck 2592
Flight Lieutenant Francis John Butcher 253245
Flight Lieutenant Douglas Hardy Byerley 405439
Aircraftwoman Margaret Jones Carey (nee Traynor) 105088 of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF)
Further details here (recordsearch.naa.gov.au)