CRANE, Noel Irvine
Service Numbers: | 419848, V335226 |
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Enlisted: | 8 December 1941 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Service Flying Training School |
Born: | Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, 17 February 1923 |
Home Town: | Heidelberg, Banyule, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Meredith, Victoria, Australia, 19 July 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.T.D.5, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 419848 | |
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8 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V335226 | |
29 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Service Flying Training School | |
29 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 419848 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of John Irvine Crane and Alice Maud Crane of Ivanhoe, Victoria
Mid-air collision during formation flying over Durdidwarrah Dam, 7 miles east of Meredith, Victoria between two Oxford training aircraft from 1 Service Flying Training School, Point Cook. All crew involved were killed:
Oxford EB897 - Leading Aircraftmen Alan Kenneth Goyne 428043 & Albert Ian Gumley 418266
Oxford AS909 - Leading Aircraftmen David George Haig 34331 & Noel Irvine Crane 419848