Ian Eustace HOLLINGDALE

HOLLINGDALE, Ian Eustace

Service Numbers: 432005, N219990
Enlisted: 28 April 1942
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 May 1923
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental, Burner Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 14 October 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery
Plot E Row C Grave 5,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 432005
28 Apr 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N219990
7 Nov 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 432005, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

De Havilland Dragon A34-37 of 36SQN (Paratroop Training Unit) crashed at Burner Creek, NSW killing Sergeant Ian Eustace Hollingdale 432005 RAAF

Also killed were Major Ivan Lockhart Smith VX44388 & Lieutenant Denzil Leslie Govett VX29955 of the 1st Parachute Battalion - Australian Infantry