Edwin Ray BASSETT

BASSETT, Edwin Ray

Service Number: 400268
Enlisted: 18 August 1940
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 457 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 13 August 1921
Home Town: Oakleigh, Monash, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Sackville Beach, New South Wales, Australia, Sackville Beach, Sackville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 September 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
A B 13, Sydney War Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 400268
18 Aug 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 400268, No. 457 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Wirraway aircraft A20-40 from Number 457 Squadron crashed near Sackville, NSW killing Flight Sergeant Edwin Ray Bassett 400268 (Sydney War Cemetery) and Sergeant Allan Martin Blackburn 401362 (Brighton Cemetery, Victoria)