LUNDIE, David Crawford Paterson
Service Number: | 412986 |
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Enlisted: | 15 August 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 25 September 1922 |
Home Town: | Eastwood, Ryde, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Summer Hill Intermediate, Homebush Boys Junior High, Fort St Boys High, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Public Service Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 13 June 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Ijsselmuiden (Grafhorst) General Cemetery, Netherlands Row B, Grave 45, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eastwood War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Petersham Fort Street High School WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 412986 | |
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15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 412986, Sydney | |
15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412986 | |
28 Mar 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, 412986, Embarked for UK & Canada | |
13 Jun 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 412986, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
David Crawford Paterson LUNDIE was born in Wollongong, NSW on 25th September, 1922
His parents were Andrew Paterson LUNDIE & Mary MUIR who married in Sydney in 1916
He enlisted in Sydney on 15th August, 1941 with the Royal Australian Air Force as Air Crew - last rank was Navigator (460 Squadron) His plane was a Lancaster Bomber W4316 AR Q
He was missing, presumed deceased in a flying battle in the Netherlands on 13th June, 1943 and is buried in the Ijsselmuiden (Grafhorst) General Cemetery, Netherlands, Row B, Grave 45
REST IN PEACE