Ronald Stewart YOUNG

YOUNG, Ronald Stewart

Service Numbers: 443716, NX48856
Enlisted: 7 October 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
Born: Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia, 3 June 1920
Home Town: Moss Vale, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft accident, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 13 February 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria
Plot C. Row C. Grave 4. , Mildura Public Cemetery, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 443716
7 Oct 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX48856, 2nd/7th Armoured Regiment
24 Nov 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
24 Nov 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 443716

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Robert Ellerslie Young and Delsie Myrtle Young of Moss Vale, NSW

 

RAAF Wirraway aircraft A20-650 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit had a collision in mid-air during a line astern chase - Sergeant Young was the only fatality.  The pilot of A20-175 was able to land his aircraft - Sergeant Read 443570