Geoffrey Austin STREET MC

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STREET, Geoffrey Austin

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Kensington, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 21 January 1894
Home Town:	Elizabeth Bay, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	University Student
Died:	Accidental (plane crash), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia , 13 August 1940, aged 46 years
Cemetery:	Lismore Civil Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Kensington, New South Wales
14 Sep 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (head)
26 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion
28 Jan 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Infantry Battalion
2 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 1st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-97 of Number 2 Squadron was on a VIP Flight when it crashed 2 miles east of Canberra Aerodrome, ACT

Passengers killed:

Brigadier G.A. Street (Minister for the Army)

General Sir Brudenell White (Chief of the General Staff)

Lieutenant Colonel F. Thornthwaite (Army Liaison Officer)

Mr J.V. Fairbairn (Minister for Air)

Sir Henry Gullett (Vice President Executive Council)

Mr R.E. Elford (Secretary to Air Minister)

Four RAAF crew members were killed in the crash:

Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Hitchcock 115 (Aircraft Captain)

Pilot Officer Richard Frederick Wiesener 607 (Second Pilot)

Corporal John Frederick Palmer 2130

Aircraftman Charles Joseph Crosdale 6673

Pilot Officer Wiesener was cremated at Rookwood Crematorium and Aircraftsman Crosdale was buried in a private service at Cessnock. The other 8 fatalities were accorded a State Funeral in Melbourne.

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