EDLUND, John Eric
| Service Number: | 132051 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | 381 Base Squadron |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 17 February 1925 |
| Home Town: | Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Ground Accident, Japan, 31 October 1946, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery Yokohama War Cemetery, Yokohama, Kanto, Japan |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 132051 | |
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| 16 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
| 16 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 132051 | |
| 8 Aug 1945: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 132051, 381 Base Squadron |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman John Eric Edlund 132051 RAAF of 481 (Maintenance) Squadron based at Iwakuni in Japan was killed in an armoured car accident at Kure, Japan, on 31 October, 1946. Also killed in this accident was Private Leslie Maxwell Little SX22798 of the Australian Army Catering Corps attached to the 1st Armoured Car Squadron B.C.O.F.
On the 31st of October 1946 two vehicles from a column of Staghound Armoured Cars of the 1st Armoured Car Squadron overturned, with Edlund & Little killed and seven other soldiers injured.
(http://anzacsteel.hobbyvista.com/Armoured%20Vehicles/austarmourinjapanph_1.htm)
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