Eric James HOLT

HOLT, Eric James

Service Number: 431775
Enlisted: 13 August 1943
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 6 August 1925
Home Town: Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft accident, Western Junction, Tasmania, Australia , Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 27 January 1944, aged 18 years
Cemetery: Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania
Plot B. Row A. Grave 7, Carr Villa General Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale No 7 Flying Training School Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 431775
13 Aug 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction
13 Aug 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 431775

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Eric William and Irene Ellen Holt of Moonee Ponds, Victoria

 

Collision between Tiger Moth aircraft T5411 & A17-274 of Number 7 Elementary Flying Training School near Western Junction, Tasmania - both pilots were killed, no other crew on board the aircraft: Leading Aircraftman Eric James Holt 431775 was the pilot of A17-274 & Leading Aircraftman Harold Reginald Taylor 53567 was the pilot of T5411