STEER, Norman George
| Service Numbers: | S36335, 437282 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftman 2 (WW2) |
| Last Unit: | No. 455 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Norwood, SA, 23 March 1915 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Judge's Associate |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Norway, North Sea, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 15 October 1944, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Aircraft ditched at sea. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Private, S36335 | |
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| 5 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 437282, No. 455 Squadron (RAAF), Adelaide, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Allen Steer and Frances Steer; husband of Dorothy Baines Steer, of Prospect, South Australia. Judges' Associate.
Miss Dorothy Steer, of Bosanquet avenue, Prospect, has been informed by the Air Board that her husband, PO Norman George Steer, who was reported missing after active combat over the Friesian Islands on October 15, 1944, is officially presumed to have lost his life on that date. PO Steer transferred from the Army to the RAAF in December, 1942, and left to complete his training in Canada in May, 1943. Before enlisting he was employed in the Local Court branch of the SA Government. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Steer, of Amherst avenue, North Norwood.
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