Raymond Harry DEAN

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DEAN, Raymond Harry

Service Number:	408038
Enlisted:	15 August 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1 February 1921
Home Town:	Evandale, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Cressy, Tasmania, Australia, 4 February 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Crematorium - Soldiers Archway Section A Niche 7, Carr Villa Crematorium, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale No 7 Flying Training School Memorial, Evandale War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 408038
15 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction
15 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 408038

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Reginald James Dean and Amy Alice Dean of Evandale, Tasmania

Collision between RAAF Tiger Moth aircraft T5463 & T5486 of Number 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Western Junction near Cressy, Tasmania

The pilot of aircraft T5463 Flying Officer James Edward Scascighini 2350 & his crewman Leading Aircraftman Frank Louis Hurley 412965 were both killed.

The pilot of aircraft T5486 Sergeant Raymond Harry Dean 408038 was also killed but his crewman Sergeant John Henry Rust 408097 survived with some slight injuries from his parachute descent.

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