TUCKER, Ronald Harvey Peet
Service Number: | 414104 |
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Enlisted: | 20 July 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 38 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 September 1911 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Journalist |
Died: | Flying Battle, Libya, 20 September 1943, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya Grave ref: 6. E. 11 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
20 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 414104, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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20 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 414104, No. 38 Squadron (RAAF) | |
20 Sep 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 414104, No. 38 Squadron (RAF) |
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Flight Officer Killed
Mr and Mrs G. Tucker, Lang Parade, Auchrnflowcr, have been advised that their only son. Flying-Officer Ronald Harvey Peet Tucker, lost his life at Beuka Middle East, on September 20.
Enlisting in the RAAF in 1941 he received his commission in Australia before proceeding to England, where he was attached to the Coastal Command as a navigator. Later he was transferred to the Middle East and joined an RAF Squadron.