George Jarvis EDWARDS

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EDWARDS, George Jarvis

Service Number:	25843
Enlisted:	16 May 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	RAAF Ground Training Schools
Born:	Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 27 March 1923
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, At sea, off Horn Island, New Guinea, 8 August 1942, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 25843
16 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 25843, RAAF Ground Training Schools
16 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 25843

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Leading Aircraftman George Jarvis Edwards 25843 was killed when Empire Flying Boat A18-11 of 33SQN RAAF sank after a rough water landing.

The aircraft departed from Horn Island on a reconnaissance flight and was originally posted as missing with all hands, but all other crew were recovered.

His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Lae Memorial

The incident is covered in the book “Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII - Volume 1” by Robert H. Kelly

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