Ernest Arthur PIERCY

PIERCY, Ernest Arthur

Service Number: 404202
Enlisted: 21 June 1940
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 1 Air Observers School Cootamundra
Born: Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 8 January 1910
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 11 November 1940, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Cootamundra General Cemetery
C of E Plot Section AA Grave 222, Cootamundra General Cemetery, Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 404202
21 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 404202, No. 1 Air Observers School Cootamundra
21 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 404202

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

De Havilland Dragon aircraft A34-2 from Number 1 Air Observers School crashed 2 miles SW of Cootamundra after it stalled in a turn resulting in a spin, it then hit the ground and burst into flames killing all crew on board:

Flying Officer (Pilot) James Frederick Hearne 676 buried in Bathurst General Cemetery

AC John Duff Cameron 24119 buried in Toowoomba Cemetery

LAC Ernest Arthur Piercy 404202 buried in Cootamundra General Cemetery

LAC Robert Montgomery 4113 buried in Williamstown General Cemetery, Victoria

LAC James Clifford Stanley 400197 buried in Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Victoria

LAC John Head 402016 buried in Cootamundra General Cemetery (marked as “dangerously injured” on the NAA file - also died 11/11/40)

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