Jack Hyland HARVEY

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HARVEY, Jack Hyland

Service Number:	25761
Enlisted:	16 May 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
Born:	Sandgate, Queensland, Australia, 1 January 1916
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Amberley, Queensland, Australia, Amberley, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 26 August 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Row C Grave 14, Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 25761
16 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 25761, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
16 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 25761

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

LAC Jack Hyland Harvey 25761 and AC1 Ronald Bruce Squelch 25242 were killed when a civilian passenger bus and American army service vehicle 4133333 collided on Three Mile Bridge between Ipswich and Amberley aerodrome. The bus driver (Mr Jowett) was killed instantly, the driver of the American vehicle (Private Johnnie Perdue of 1954 Quartermaster Company, Camp Columbia, Wacol Queensland) was held in police custody.

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