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YOUNG, Ronald Stewart
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 443716, NX48856 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 443716 | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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