Ronald Alexander HANRAHAN

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HANRAHAN, Ronald Alexander

Service Number:	423723
Enlisted:	18 July 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 33 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, 17 January 1914
Home Town:	Sutherland, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Branch Store Manager, Woolworths Ltd, Market St, Sydney.
Died:	Aircraft Accident, New Guinea, 15 November 1945, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference, Location ~ Plot C. Row A. Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 423723
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 423723, No. 33 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

33 Squadron RAAF Dakota A65-54 (VH CUP) was lost between Jacquinot Bay and Rabaul, Papua New Guinea with all crew KIA:

MILLS, Maurice James (LAC) 137163 / LOBWEIN, Grahame Patrick (Flight Lieutenant) 404723 / HANRAHAN, Ronald Alexander (Flight Lieutenant) 423723 / BREDERLIN, Douglas Albert (Flight Sergeant) 444773 / BRIDGE, Stanley William (Corporal) 69362 / CUSHING, Hugh (Corporal) 419913 / BLAKE, Norman Harold (LAC) 431713 / SHEAH, Verdun Bernice (Sister) 501253

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