Raymond Thomas COOPER

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COOPER, Raymond Thomas

Service Numbers:	428633, N276536
Enlisted:	21 October 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty
Born:	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 25 June 1923
Home Town:	Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), The Rock, New South Wales, Australia , 8 August 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Wagga Wagga War Cemetery Plot A Row A Grave 7, Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra RSL Honour Rolls, Cootamundra War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 428633
21 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Bombardier, N276536
8 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 428633
8 Aug 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 428633, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Wirraway aircraft A20-584 and A20-215 from Number 5 Service Flying Training School based at Uranquinty collided in mid-air near The Rock (a small town 20 miles south of Wagga in NSW)

Warrant Officer Smith 407450 LAC Chantler 422931 were both killed in aircraft A20-584

LAC Cooper 428633 was killed in A20-215 while Sergeant Leonard Hardie White 413809 was able to parachute to safety - he died while serving with 4OTU as a Pilot Officer (26 November 1943)

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