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HAY, Roy Neville
Personal Details
Service Number: | 434252 |
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Enlisted: | 6 November 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 27 July 1923 |
Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | RAAF Officer |
Died: | Flying Battle, At sea - off Biak Island, New Guinea, 19 July 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Civic Centre Memorial Portico, Lae Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 434252 | |
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6 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
6 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434252, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) | |
19 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434252, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant Roy Neville Hay 434252 (A29-437) and Warrant Officer Gregory Carlisle Mogg 412081 (A29-577) were posted as missing while on a ferry flight between Hollandia and Biak Island in Kittyhawk fighter aircraft A29-437 and A29-577 of 75SQN RAAF - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Lae Memorial