John Deane LEA

LEA, John Deane

Service Numbers: A4436, 442553
Enlisted: 25 September 1943, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Warrant Officer
Last Unit: No. 11 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Welland, South Australia, 22 September 1925
Home Town: Welland, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: RAAF Warrant Officer - aircrew
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World War 2 Service

25 Sep 1943: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
25 Sep 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, A4436
28 Jul 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 442553, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
24 Oct 1951: Discharged

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Warrant Officer John Dean Lea 442553 (A4436) was one of two survivors when Catalina Flying Boat A24-381 of Number 11 Squadron crashed on Lord Howe Island on the 28th of September 1948 - seven of the crew were killed

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McCOY, James Baker (Flight Lieutenant) 439317

KELLER, William David (Flight Lieutenant) 1636

McKENZIE, Alex (Flight Lieutenant) 38188

BACON, Sidney Howard (Warrant Officer) 32007

SALIS, Donald Edward (Warrant Officer) 3982

PIERCY, Sydney Lionel (Sergeant) 415876

BRADLEY, Bert Raymond (Flight Lieutenant) 414301 (survived - O11347)

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