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DUCKWORTH, Reginald Kaye
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
Born: | Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 14 February 1894 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Woollahra Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Laverton, Victoria, Australia, 16 November 1917, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Section 21. Allotment 345-346. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Maurice Farman Shorthorn crashed at Werribee during a training sortie, killing Cadet Duckworth, the first airman killed in military flying training in Australia. | |
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16 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer |
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