Harold PUUSEPP

PUUSEPP, Harold

Service Number: 402452
Enlisted: 19 August 1940
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Operational Training Units (RAF)
Born: Tallimm, Estonia, 26 September 1921
Home Town: Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling: Sydney Boys High School & University of Sydney
Occupation: Medical undergraduate
Died: Accidental (plane crash), Cumberland, England, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, 28 December 1941, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Causewayhead Cemetery, Silloth, Cumbria, England
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

19 Aug 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 402452, Sydney, New South Wales
19 Aug 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 402452
28 Dec 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 402452, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme, 1 Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Death of Sgt Puusepp


Sgt.-Pilot Harold Puusepp(20), of Bond!, who was killed in an aero plane accident While serving with the RAAF in England. He was one of. the ' first 40 pilots sent to Rhodesia for training. Educated at Sydney High School, he rowed in the college eight, and later at Wesley. He was studying medicine at the University of Sydney when he enlisted.

He died with 3 other RAAF members.


Source Trove: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231765020?searchTerm=Harold%20Puusepp

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Biography contributed

Harold PUUSEPP was born in Tallim, Estonia on 26th September, 1921

His parents were Peter & Emilie PUUSEPP