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BUTLER, Ronald Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 426529 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 8 September 1923 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental, Woodside, Woodside, Victoria, Australia, 7 October 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, Seaspray War Memorial, Sydney Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 426529 | |
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| 18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |
| 18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 426529 |
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1 OTU. Plane was Beaufort A9-409. Crashed about 1.5 miles from Woodside Beach in about 10 fathoms of water possibly due faulty maintenence and/or faultu manufacture
Rank - Sergeant
Son of Victor and Eileen Margaret Butler, of New Farm, Queensland