Peter Edward ENRIGHT

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ENRIGHT, Peter Edward

Service Number:	29797
Enlisted:	5 February 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Goomalling, Western Australia, 16 November 1915
Home Town:	Goomalling, Goomalling, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Malta, 25 July 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery R.C. Section (Men's) Plot P, Collective grave 6 INSCRIPTION: MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL, Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour, Goomalling Drinking Fountain Memorial, Goomalling War Memorial Swimming Pool

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 29797
5 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 29797, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
25 Jul 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 29797, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 27 and the son of Jerimiath Joseph and Mary Margaret Enright, of Goomalling, Western Australia.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Corporal William Fleming 411135 (Fitter / Driver Motor Transport) and Leading Aircraftman Peter Edward Enright 29797 (Driver Motor Transport) of 3SQN RAAF received severe petrol burns in an accident at Pachino, Sicily on the 21st of July 1943

Corporal Fleming died the same day with LAC Enright passing away 4 days later at Number 45 General Hospital on Malta

Flying Officer Tom Russell 264812 (4812) was also burned and taken to hospital in Cairo

https://www.3squadron.org.au/indexpages/kia.htm

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