Ian Bruce BLACKER

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BLACKER, Ian Bruce

Service Number:	407163
Enlisted:	20 July 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia, 23 May 1915
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Mallala, Mallala, South Australia, Australia, 14 October 1941, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Tumby Bay Cemetery Row I. Grave 83,
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Edillilie & District Honor Roll WW2, Mallala Ansons W2254 and W2257 Crash Site, Port Lincoln Enlistments Honor Roll WW2, Tumby Bay RSL Portrait Memorials, Tumby Bay War Memorial

World War 2 Service

20 Jul 1940:	Involvement Sergeant, 407163
20 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
20 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407163
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Mid-Air collision of Avro Anson W2254 & W2257 of 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala resulting in the deaths of Leading Aircraftman John Gordon Maslen 416356 / Pilot Officer Charles Edward Somerville 402680 (aircraft W2257) & Leading Aircraftman Bernard George Hutchins 408654 / Sergeant Ian Bruce Blacker 407163 (aircraft W2254)

Ian Blacker was the son of Stanley Bruce and Doris Blacker of Edillilie, SA

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