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ASTLEY, Bruce
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 403422 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Dubbo, New South Wales, 21 July 1918 |
| Home Town: | Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Dubbo High School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental, Carlilse, United Kingdom, 28 January 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery, Cumberland, England Ward 11, Section P, Grave 24 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo High School Honour Roll , Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden, Dubbo Wesley Uniting Church ASTLEY Memorial Window |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 403422 | |
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| 6 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 403422 |
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Plane was Gipsy Moth I, L5928. Crashed at Kingston Aerodrome, Cumberland UK
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Bruce Astley was the youngest son of Joseph Laurence Astley, a very prominent Dubbo businessman. Joseph Laurence Astley donated the Astley Cup, an annual sporting competition which started in Dubbo in 1923 and is still being competed for by Dubbo College, Orange High School and Bathurst High School. Bruce represented Dubbo High in the 1934 Astley Cup (rugby league). During the war Bruce Astley was a flying instructor in the UK. He was killed in a flying school accident on 28 January 1942.