VENN, Geoffrey Samuel
Service Number: | 422769 |
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Enlisted: | 23 May 1942 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Service Flying Training School |
Born: | Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 1920 |
Home Town: | Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft accident, You Yang Ranges, Victoria, Australia, You Yangs, Victoria, Australia, 23 January 1943, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.S.D.16, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 422769 | |
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23 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Service Flying Training School | |
23 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 422769 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Aubrey Vivian and Mary Annie Venn of Hunters Hill, NSW
RAAF Oxford training aircraft BM712 from Number 1 Service Flying Training School Point Cook was operating out of the Little River Satellite Aerodrome when it crashed in the You Yang Ranges, Victoria - all crew were killed:
Flying Officer Clarence James Loft 3402
Leading Aircraftman Geoffrey Samuel Venn 422769
Leading Aircraftman, John Stanley Walker 418494