Ian Marsh YEATES MID

YEATES, Ian Marsh

Service Number: 9301
Enlisted: 19 February 1940, enlisted at Hobart
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 459 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Franklin, Tasmania, Australia, 12 July 1917
Home Town: Huonville, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Aegean Sea, Cyprus, 14 July 1944, aged 27 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials: Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 9301
19 Feb 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 9301, enlisted at Hobart
14 Jul 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 9301, No. 459 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Plane was Ventura JT336 Crashed at Caleto Airfield Rhodes island

mentioned in Despatches 22-6-1944

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Ventura JT836 of 459 Squadron RAAF took off from Nicosia airfield on Cyprus on a bombing mission against the German airfield at Calato (Kalathos) on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese region

No trace of the aircraft was discovered following take-off; all of the crew were officially listed as killed in action and as their bodies were not recovered they are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt

ABRAHAMS, Leo Reginald (Pilot Officer) 413503

LOVE, Frederick Raymond (Warrant Officer) 413623

SNADDON, John Ernest (Warrant Officer) 409361

YEATES, Ian Marsh (Flying Officer) 9301 (in August 1943 Sergeant Yeates was the sole survivor when Baltimore TH111 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea - he was received a Mention in despatches for his actions following the loss of that aircraft)

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