William LAWS

LAWS, William

Service Number: 405181
Enlisted: 2 February 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Royal Australian Air Force
Born: Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 23 June 1920
Home Town: Sarina, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling: C.B.C. Charters Towers, C.B.C. Mackay, Nudgee College, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Medical Student, Queensland University
Died: Flying Accident, Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 24 November 1941, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Sarina Cemetery, Qld
R.C. 30. (GRM/4)., Sarina Cemetery, Sarina, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

2 Feb 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 405181, Royal Australian Air Force
2 Feb 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircrew Training Units
2 Feb 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 405181

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of George Nixon and Catherine Ethel Laws of Hemmant, QLD

Sergeant Laws 405181 was killed at Evans Head aerial bombing range, NSW when Gipsy Moth A7-120 of Number 1 Bomb Aiming & Gunnery School crashed and burnt whilst flying as target for ground to air camera gunnery students.