LANHAM, Ronald
| Service Number: | 421990 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 14 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Cowra, New South Wales, Australia, 15 August 1922 |
| Home Town: | Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea near Barcelona, Spain, 29 March 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mataro RC Cemetery, Catalonia, Spain Mataro Roman Catholic Cemetery, Mataro, Catalonia, Spain |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW2 Honour Roll, Cowra and District War Memorial WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 421990 | |
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| 24 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
| 24 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421990 | |
| 29 Mar 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421990, No. 14 Squadron (RAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Marauder B117780 of 14 Squadron RAF crashed in the Mediterranean Sea close to the town of Mataro on the Spanish coast while on an armed reconnaissance in the region of Bonafacio (Corsica) - Marseilles - Barcelona
The bodies of 5 of the crewmen were recovered by Spanish authorities and buried in the Mataro Roman Catholic Cemetery but that of FSGT Lamond was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Malta Memorial
LAMOND, Frank Raymond (Flight Sergeant) 410349
LANHAM, Ronald (Flight Sergeant) 421990
LEWIS, John Walsh (Flying Officer) 417089
McDONALD, William Cameron (Flying Officer) 4505
PEEDOM, Charles Manning (Flight Sergeant) 421620
WOODS, Michael Thomas (Flight Sergeant) 421840