John Austral CASEY

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CASEY, John Austral

Service Number:	403555
Enlisted:	3 February 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 21 September 1915
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Accident, France, 15 November 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Allemont (Le Rivier) Communal Cemetery, Allemont, Rhone-Alpes, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 403555
3 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 403555

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant John Austral Casey 403555 of Royal Air Force Transport Command was killed when Avro York MW126 crashed near Le Rivier D'Allemont in France while enroute to Ceylon

The aircraft was detailed to transport Sir Trafford Air Chief Marshall Leigh-Mallory RAF to become the Air Commander-in-Chief at South East Asia Command; also killed was his wife Lady Leigh-Mallory

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