Geoffrey Hugh LESTER

LESTER, Geoffrey Hugh

Service Number: 409154
Enlisted: 19 July 1941
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 34 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Shanghai, Kiangsu, China, 26 September 1922
Home Town: Mansfield, Mansfield, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Pilot
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Goulburn region, New South Wales, Australia, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 17 April 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 409154
19 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 34 Squadron (RAAF)
19 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 409154

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

De Havilland Dragon A34-47 from Number 34 Squadron RAAF was reported missing in the vicinity of Goulburn (en-route Sydney to Forrest Hill) in NSW - the aircraft wreckage was not located and the crew are commemorated on the Sydney Memorial

LESTER, Geoffrey Hugh (Flying Officer) 409154

DOYLE, Douglas Brian (Sergeant) 412236

DOYLE, Francis Joseph (Sergeant) 420615

Also reported as missing on this flight were USMC Lieutenant Cecil Joseph Umstead O13899 & USMC Lieutenant H A Teague

The loss of this aircraft is covered in the book “Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII - Volume 2” by Robert H. Kelly

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