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CARR, Sydney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 17853 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | 5 Embarkation Depot (Perth) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 29 August 1917 |
| Home Town: | Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Guildford, Western Australia, Guildford, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 24 December 1941, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican Plot Row LD Grave 583 (GRM/6), Karrakatta General Cemetery, Karrakatta, Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 17853 | |
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| 30 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 17853, 5 Embarkation Depot (Perth) | |
| 30 Sep 1940: | Enlisted 17853 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman Sydney Carr 17853 from Number 5 Embarkation Depot in Perth was fatally injured in a collision between a train and a RAAF bus at Guildford in Western Australia
Also injured was LAC William Charles Lee 17591 who was discharged from the RAAF in November 1945 while posted to 76OBU (details of the incident are from his pers file)