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LAWS, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 405181 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 2 Feb 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 405181, Royal Australian Air Force | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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.
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