Clarence Melville LEESUE

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LEESUE, Clarence Melville

Service Number:	417649
Enlisted:	20 June 1942
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale
Born:	Gladstone, South Australia, Australia, 2 April 1914
Home Town:	Gladstone, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Drapery Manager
Died:	Aircraft Accident, King Island, Tasmania, Australia, 11 July 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Currie Public Cemetery, King Island, Tasmania C. of E. Plot. Row D1. Grave 25,
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Gladstone Town Hall WW2 Roll of Honour, Riverton Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Roll WW2, Riverton RSL Hall Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

20 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417649, Adelaide, South Australia
20 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 417649
21 Jun 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417649
11 Jul 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 417649, No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale, Empire Air Training Scheme
Date unknown:	Involvement

Clarry's daughter

Clarry's wife, known as Gwen, had a daughter Merrilyn, who grew up in Broken Hill. As a Legacy Child, Merrilyn had the honour of curtsying and presenting a bouquet to Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Tour in 1954. Merrilyn is survived by a son Michael and daughter Dy.
Submitted by John Bennett, Clarry's nephew.

Submitted 5 June 2023 by John Bennett

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Beaufort A9-352 of Number 1 Operational Training Unit (1 OTU) East Sale crashed at Currie Aerodrome, King Island, Tasmania with all crew killed:

Flying Officer Neville William Allan Edwards 401747 - Son of Harry Smith Edwards and Ethel Edwards

Pilot Officer John Alexander Kildea 418850 - Son of Joseph James Kildea and Dorothy Phillis Kildea of Hawthorn, Victoria

Pilot Officer Harold Roy Snell 421408 - Son of Josiah and Catherine Snell of Castle Hill, NSW

Pilot Officer Clarence Melville Leesue 417649 - Son of James Patrick and Martha Ellen Leesue & Husband of Mabel Gwendoline Leesue of Broken Hill, NSW

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