Lessel John HAMPSTEAD

HAMPSTEAD, Lessel John

    Service Number: 421805
    Enlisted: 28 March 1942
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: Not yet discovered
    Born: Killarney, Queensland, Australia, 13 February 1924
    Home Town: Not yet discovered
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Aircraft accident, Port Pirie, South Australia, Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia, 20 May 1943, aged 19 years
    Cemetery: Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia
    Plot C. Row D. Grave 12., Port Pirie General Cemetery, Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Pirie RAAF L5640 Crash Site, Port Pirie RAAF Memorial and Flagpoles
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 421805
    28 Mar 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 421805
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Loss of Fairey Battle L5640 of 2 Bombing & Gunnery School near Port Pirie, SA

     

    All crew killed: Sergeant Lessel John Hampstead (Pilot) 421805 / Leading Aircraftman Aloysius Patrick Gilmore (Drogue Operator) 116103 / Leading Aircraftman Gordon Leslie Dore (Aircraft Fitter / Armourer being instructed in Drogue operations) 46528

    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of George Joseph and Amelia Maria Hampstead, of Grafton, New South Wales.

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