Sydney Leslie CARY

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Service Number:	412393
Enlisted:	19 July 1941, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Leichhardt, NSW, 31 October 1909
Home Town:	Bellevue Hill, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (RAAF, "230 SQDN", Aircraft: Sunderland Mk III JM 673) East Coast of Ceylon, (Formerly - Ceylon) Sri Lanka; Place of Association - upon death: Koggala, Ceylon, 28 November 1944, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Kranji War Cemetery No known grave; (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Column 443., Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 412393, Involvement - Specifically (Unit): "No. 230 Squadron".
19 Jul 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 412393, Involvement - Specifically (Unit): "No. 230 Squadron"; Refer to (NAA) Cas-Rep-File - SN-412393, Pg-44.
19 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 412393, Sydney, NSW, Australia
31 Jul 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, Promoted: 31/07/1944; Specifically (Unit): "No. 230 Squadron"; (NAA) Cas-Rep-File - SN-412393, Pg-53.

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Son of Edwin Alfred and Amy Merretta Cary; husband of Marjorie Lorraine Cary, of Bellevue Hill, New South Wales