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HELY, Reginald Ross
Service Number: | 403811 |
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Enlisted: | 3 March 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 10 January 1921 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom, 10 April 1943, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 403811 | |
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3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 403811 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 22 and the son of Norman and Florence Beatrice Hely, of Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia. He is interred in Houghton and Wyton Burial Ground in the county of Cambridgeshire, just off the A1123 Huntington to St Ives road - approximately 2.5 miles east of Huntingdon and 1.5 miles west of St Ives. There are 10 Commonwealth war graves marked by Commission headstones which stand together, with 30 non world war graves, situated near the Lych gate entrance.
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HE SACRIFICED HIS CAREER AND GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was a member of the crew of a Wellington bomber which was in collision with a Spitfire piloted by an Australian-who baled out and survived, though injured. He returned to duty, only to be killed in 1943 while flying a Mosquito. His comrade then, also an Australian, also perished.