Roy Eric FARNSWORTH

FARNSWORTH, Roy Eric

Service Number: 35439
Enlisted: 13 March 1941
Last Rank: Not yet discovered
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: North Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia, 13 December 1921
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft accident, Ungarie, New South Wales, Australia, 11 February 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Forces Memorial Wall Niche 292XX, Rookwood Crematorium, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Show Relationships

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 35439
13 Mar 1941: Enlisted 35439

Help us honour Roy Eric Farnsworth's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Roy Eric and Ellen Farnsworth of North Strathfield, NSW

Loss of Avro Anson aircraft AW677 of 1 Air Observer School near Ungarie, NSW - All crew killed:

Pilot Officer Robert Clark Wesley-Smith (aka Smith, Robert Clark Wesley) 407258

Leading Aircraftman Arthur Didrick Kendall 414356

Leading Aircraftman John Alfred Spencer 413272

Leading Aircraftman Henry Heath Fisher 411764

Aircraftman Roy Eric Farnsworth 35439