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PAXTON, Ronald Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 402133 |
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Enlisted: | 27 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 5 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia, 19 August 1915 |
Home Town: | Cremorne, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, New Guinea, 2 May 1944, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 402133 | |
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27 May 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 402133, No. 5 Squadron (RAAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Ronald Robert Paxton 402133 was killed when Boomerang A46-116 of 4 Squadron RAAF crashed near Gusap, New Guinea - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Lae Memorial