DEAN, Raymond Harry
Service Number: | 408038 |
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Enlisted: | 15 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction |
Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1 February 1921 |
Home Town: | Evandale, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental, Cressy, Tasmania, Australia, 4 February 1942, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Crematorium - Soldiers Archway Section A Niche 7, Carr Villa Crematorium, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale No 7 Flying Training School Memorial, Evandale War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 408038 | |
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15 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction | |
15 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 408038 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Reginald James Dean and Amy Alice Dean of Evandale, Tasmania
Collision between RAAF Tiger Moth aircraft T5463 & T5486 of Number 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Western Junction near Cressy, Tasmania
The pilot of aircraft T5463 Flying Officer James Edward Scascighini 2350 & his crewman Leading Aircraftman Frank Louis Hurley 412965 were both killed.
The pilot of aircraft T5486 Sergeant Raymond Harry Dean 408038 was also killed but his crewman Sergeant John Henry Rust 408097 survived with some slight injuries from his parachute descent.