Percy Russell LAZARUS

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LAZARUS, Percy Russell

Service Number:	32408
Enlisted:	15 July 1940
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 15 November 1915
Home Town:	Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of Injuries (Aircraft accident), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 28 February 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT R.C.3., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 32408
15 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 32408, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
15 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, RAAF Ground Training Schools
28 Feb 1943:	Involvement Leading Aircraftman, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Edward and Ethel Lazarus of Sydney, NSW

Lockheed Hudson A16-212 of Number 13 Squadron crashed 100 yards short of the runway at Hughes Field, Northern Territory killing 4 personnel with 2 others surviving with serious injuries. Killed were:

Sergeant William Robert Cochrane Robertson 401164

LAC Roy Gordon Bradley 50651

LAC Percy Russell Lazarus 32408

Corporal Charles Conroy Jennings 18872

Survived: LAC Kelvin Eric George Edwards 61066 & Sergeant Keith Danks Brown 405822

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