ABRAHAMS, Leo Reginald
| Service Number: | 413503 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 459 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 28 August 1921 |
| Home Town: | Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Cyprus, 14 July 1944, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Roll of Honour - Randwick, |
| Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 413503 | |
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| 10 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales | |
| 10 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 413503 | |
| 17 Oct 1942: | Embarked | |
| 14 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 413503, No. 459 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Ventura JT836 of 459 Squadron RAAF took off from Nicosia airfield on Cyprus on a bombing mission against the German airfield at Calato (Kalathos) on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese region
No trace of the aircraft was discovered following take-off; all of the crew were officially listed as killed in action and as their bodies were not recovered they are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt
ABRAHAMS, Leo Reginald (Pilot Officer) 413503
LOVE, Frederick Raymond (Warrant Officer) 413623
SNADDON, John Ernest (Warrant Officer) 409361
YEATES, Ian Marsh (Flying Officer) 9301
Biography
259 Squadron. Plane was Ventura JF 856 near Rhodes Island
Rank - Pilot Officer
Son of Reginald and Florence Caroline Abrahams, of Coogee, New South Wales, Australia
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