CHESTER, Ivan Isadore
| Service Number: | 429693 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Safed, Israel, 7 July 1923 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | clerk |
| Died: | Accidental, Georgina Satelllite Aerodrome, Australia, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia, 21 July 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Geraldton War Cemetery, Western Australia Geraldton War Cemetery, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, WA Jewish War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 429693 | |
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| 21 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 429693 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
CHESTER, Ivan, Leading Aircraftman, Service Number 429693; Casualty - Aircraft - Anson R-3550; Place - Georgina Satellite Aerodrome, Australia; Date - 21 July 1943
LAC Chester was one of the trainee pilots aboard Avro Anson R-3550 on a training flight in charge of the Pilot Instructor who crashed the aircraft on takeoff at the Georgina Satellite airstrip.
LAC Chester died of injuries received.
LAC Chester had previous military experience in the 2/1st Australian General Hospital and No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station from which he received a discharge to join the R.A.A.F.
In civil life Ivan Chester was a Clerk in the Civil Service
He was born in Safet, Palestine
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