Edward Francis PONTEY

PONTEY, Edward Francis

Service Number: 444034
Enlisted: 1 January 1944
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg
Born: Berowra, New South Wales, Australia, 17 December 1925
Home Town: Berowra, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 8 December 1944, aged 18 years
Cemetery: Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland
Plot A. Row C. Grave 7, Bundaberg General Cemetery, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 444034
1 Jan 1944: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg
1 Jan 1944: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 444034

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Lieutenant William Francis Pontey MM and Bessie Elizabeth Pontey of Berowra, NSW

 

LAC Ronald Norman Rose 444041 & LAC Edward Francis Pontey 444034 were killed when Avro Anson DJ236 of 8SFTS dived in vertically from approximately 3000 feet during a non-operational air to air camera gunnery exercise.  Probable cause - structural failure of port mainplane.