EAGAR, Kingsley John
Service Number: | 404329 |
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Enlisted: | 16 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Narromine |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 May 1918 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Brisbane State High School & Brisbane Commercial High & College |
Occupation: | Clerk & Jackeroo |
Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Narromine, New South Wales, Australia, 11 November 1940, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales C of E Special Section 20 Grave 6090A |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane State High School Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 404329 | |
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16 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 404329, No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Narromine | |
16 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 404329 |
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Kingsley John EAGAR was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 24th May, 1918
His parents were Kingsley Francis Frederic EAGAR & Kathleen Vinrace LAWRANCE who married in St Chads Church in Cremorne, Sydney in 1914
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His brother Alexander Vinrae EAGAR was in the Royal Navy (B2341) and died on 20th November, 1941 (HMAS Sydney)
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman Eagar 404329 was killed when the verandah of the Federal Hotel at Narromine collapsed on Remembrance Day 1940