Russell Lindsay BLACK

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Service Number:	411275
Enlisted:	28 April 1941
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Leeton, New South Wales, Australia, 25 September 1921
Home Town:	Leeton, Leeton, New South Wales
Schooling:	Leeton High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Aircraft crash, Northern Territory, Australia, 3 April 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT Coll. grave S.B. 10-14., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leeton ANZAC Memorial Clock Tower and Memorial, Leeton Mountford Park WW2 Memorial, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 411275
28 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 411275

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Lockheed Hudson A16-203 of Number 2 Squadron RAAF crashed near Adelaide River, NT killing all on board:

Pilot Officer Harold John Gillies 422042 - Son of John James Gillies and Victoria Pearl Gillies of St. Leonard's Creek, NSW

Flight Sergeant Robert Gordon Frew 417771 - Son of Eric George and Avis Irene Frew of Broken Hill, NSW

Pilot Officer Colin Desmond Brockhurst 425593 - Son of George Henry and Florence Ida Brockhurst of Hendra, Queensland

Pilot Officer Richard James Philpot 403877 - Son of George and Agnes Catherine Philpot & Husband of Mollie Philpot of Hurstville, NSW

Pilot Officer Russell Lindsay Black 411275 - Son of Reginald Lindsay Black, and Evelyn Mary Victoria Black of Leeton, NSW