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HOLLINGDALE, Ian Eustace
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 432005, N219990 |
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Enlisted: | 28 April 1942 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 36 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 May 1923 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental, Burner Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 14 October 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery Plot E Row C Grave 5, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 432005 | |
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28 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N219990 | |
7 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 432005, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
De Havilland Dragon A34-37 of 36SQN (Paratroop Training Unit) crashed at Burner Creek, NSW killing Sergeant Ian Eustace Hollingdale 432005 RAAF
Also killed were Major Ivan Lockhart Smith VX44388 & Lieutenant Denzil Leslie Govett VX29955 of the 1st Parachute Battalion - Australian Infantry