Nathaniel Ivan STRAUS MID

STRAUS, Nathaniel Ivan

Service Number: 250759
Enlisted: 5 February 1940
Last Rank: Squadron Leader
Last Unit: No. 24 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 November 1912
Home Town: Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Accountant
Died: Aircraft crashed during an Operational Mission, Vansittart Bay, Western Australia, 23 March 1945, aged 32 years
Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory
G. D. 15
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Squadron Leader, 250759
5 Feb 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 24 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Herbert Nathaniel and Isabel Straus of East Malvern, Victoria

 

RAAF Liberator aircraft A72-80 of 24 Squadron crashed into Vansittart Bay, WA shortly after take-off from Truscott airstrip on an Operational mission - all on board were killed:

 

Bodies recovered, buried at Adelaide River War Cemetery -

Squadron Leader Nathaniel Ivan Straus 250759 (Mentioned in Despatches)

Flight Lieutenant Charles David Parry-Okeden 404485

Flight Sergeant William Anthony Jordan Rodgers 436889

 

Bodies not recovered, commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial -

Flying Officer John Wilson Hursthouse 416215

Flying Officer Raymond Allenby Whiting 426733

Warrant Officer William Richard Flanagan 401748

Warrant Officer Herbert Gordon Parker 408591

Flight Sergeant Howey James Boyd 427775

Flight Sergeant Ronald Malcolm Morris 46563

Flight Sergeant John Richmond Ryan 422716

Sergeant Alexander Douglas Whitehead 121592

Corporal Douglas William Madden 36484

 

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