Edward George MYERS

MYERS, Edward George

Service Number: 24300
Enlisted: 4 April 1940
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Alford, England, 26 October 1921
Home Town: Edge Hill, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, South China Sea, Pacific Ocean, 12 September 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 24300
4 Apr 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 24300, No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)
4 Jul 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 24300

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

The Japanese Transport Ship Rakuyo Maru was torpedoed and sunk by a US Navy Submarine enroute from Singapore to Japan with a cargo of Prisoners of War - many of whom drowned before any possibility of rescue and these men are commemorated on the Singapore Memorial

Of the 11 RAAF Personnel known to be on board, 9 died & 2 survived the sinking and the war - 10199 Quick, David and 35423 Day, Noel Charles Ephraim - both from 1SQN

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