BRADLEY, Roy Gordon
Service Number: | 50651 |
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Enlisted: | 4 February 1942 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Maidstone, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1923 |
Home Town: | Maidstone, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental, Hughes Airstrip, Northern Territory, Australia, 27 February 1943, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT R.C.6., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sunshine Cenotaph |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 50651 | |
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4 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, RAAF Ground Training Schools | |
4 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 50651 | |
27 Feb 1943: | Involvement Leading Aircraftman, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Alfred Ernest and Clara Bradley of Maidstone, Victoria
Lockheed Hudson A16-212 of Number 13 Squadron crashed 100 yards short of the runway at Hughes Field, Northern Territory killing 4 personnel with 2 others surviving with serious injuries. Killed were:
Sergeant William Robert Cochrane Robertson 401164
LAC Roy Gordon Bradley 50651
LAC Percy Russell Lazarus 32408
Corporal Charles Conroy Jennings 18872
Survived: LAC Kelvin Eric George Edwards 61066 & Sergeant Keith Danks Brown 405822