CASEY, Raymond Thomas
Service Number: | 437196 |
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Enlisted: | 29 July 1942, Warrawong, NSW |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Port Broughton, South Australia, 21 March 1923 |
Home Town: | Port Broughton, Barunga West, South Australia |
Schooling: | Port Broughton School, Rostrevor College |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 23 April 1945, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany 27 E 14, Becklingen War Cemetery, Luneburg, Germany |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, District Council of Port Broughton Honour Roll WW2, Mundoora War Memorial, Port Broughton War Memorial, Rostrevor College WW2 Memorial Plaques |
World War 2 Service
29 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Warrawong, NSW | |
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19 Nov 1942: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 437196 | |
19 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
19 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 437196 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of John Sarsfield Casey and Mary Elizabeth Casey, of Port Broughton, South Australia.
Warrant Officer Raymond Thomas Casey 437196 was killed when Hawker Typhoon SW472 of 198 Squadron RAF crashed in Germany
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Casey, of Port Broughton, have been notified by the Air Board that their son, PO Raymond Thomas Casey, who was reported missing in air operations over Germany on April 23; 1945, is now presumed to have been killed on that date. He was the pilot of a Typhoon fighter. PO Casey, who was 22, was educated at Port Broughton and Rostrevor College.