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READING, Edgar George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 421463 |
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Enlisted: | 12 June 1923, 12 Jun 1923 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 12 June 1923 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (plane crash), Wittering, England, United Kingdom, 24 October 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Ilford Cemetery, Ilford, England Ilford Cemetery, Ilford, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
12 Jun 1923: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 421463, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park, 12 Jun 1923 | |
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1 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421463 | |
24 Oct 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421463, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme, 14 Operational Training (RAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 20 and his death was registered in the December quarter of 1943 in Peterborough as follows:
Deaths Dec 1943 Reading Edgar G 20 Peterbro' 5b 341
He was the son of Edgar S. Reading and Evelyn R. Reading, of Eastlakes, New South Wales, Australia.