Oswald Terence CANTOR

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CANTOR, Oswald Terence

Service Number:	261104
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Squadron Leader
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 January 1908
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Aircraft accident), Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 20 March 1944, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Plot A Row D Grave 14, Toowoomba Cemetery, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Squadron Leader, 261104
Date unknown:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 261104

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

De Havilland Dragon DH84 A34-58 of Number 4 Communications Unit aircraft crashed at the edge of Toowoomba Airfield, killing the two crewmen and two passengers:

Squadron Leader James Joseph Henry (1688) from Air Force Headquarters

Squadron Leader Oswald Terence Cantor (261104) from Headquarters North Western Area

Flight Sergeant Jack Hume Bird (409131) of 4 Communications Unit

Leading Aircraftman John Royal Twyford (20460) of 4 Communications Flight (died from injuries at Number 1 Australian Orthopedic Hospital in Toowoomba)

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