Reginald Peter LEEHY

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LEEHY, Reginald Peter

Service Number:	412067
Enlisted:	21 June 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Barraba, NSW, 2 August 1919
Home Town:	Barraba, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Netherlands East Indies, 21 May 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Adelaide River Memorial to the Missing Panel 9, Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barraba War Memorial

21 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 412067, Aircrew Training Units
21 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 412067
21 May 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 412067, No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Thomas and Emily Margaret Leehy of Barraba, NSW

Sergeant Reginald Peter Leehy 412067 was the only RAAF crewman on board Mitchell Bomber N5-147 of Number 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron when it was shot down by heavy A/A fire above Saumlaki in the Netherlands East Indies

The rest of the crew were Dutch Air Force, all KIA: Second Lieutenant L Bal / First Lieutenant P Kruijne / Ensign A B Andela / Sergeant C Van Ginkel 92736 / Sergeant F A Hoogveld 93750

Details from the book “Up in Darwin with the Dutch ” by Gordon Wallace

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