Vivian Arthur HOWARD

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HOWARD, Vivian Arthur

Service Number:	414138
Enlisted:	16 August 1941, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School, Temora
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 30 January 1916
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teacher
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 29 October 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Temora (Old) Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Plot A Row D Grave 7
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Civic Centre Memorial Portico, Owens & Beatrice Creeks Honour Board, Proserpine Cenotaph

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 414138
16 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 414138, No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School, Temora, Brisbane, Qld.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Albert Arthur HOWARD and Charlotte Jane Isabelle nee THIELE; husband of Irene Lydia HOWARD nee SOMMER, of Mackay, Queensland.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

LAC Crockford 431041 and Pilot Officer Howard 414138 of Number 10 Elementary Flying Training School were killed in the loss of Tiger Moth aircraft A17-443 near Temora Aerodrome in NSW - their aircraft collided in flight with A17-179 piloted by LAC Peter Roderick Armstrong 430744 who survived and was discharged from the RAAF in September 1944

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