PARRY, Ronald Wilford
| Service Number: | 434265 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 November 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 80 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 14 September 1924 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter & Decorator |
| Died: | Presumed dead, New Guinea , 13 January 1945, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
| Memorials: | Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Civic Centre Memorial Portico, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, Maryborough Staff Pilots No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School RAAF Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
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| 13 Jan 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434265, No. 80 Squadron (RAAF), Killed in Flying Battle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
During a ferry flight from Noemfoor Island to Morotai Island on the 13th of January 1945 four Kittyhawk aircraft from Number 80 Squadron RAAF ditched into the sea near Karakelang and Maroh Islands in the Japanese-held Talaud Islands group
Flight Sergeant Ronald Wilford Parry 434265 in Kittyhawk A29-668 was not located and he is commemorated on the Ambon Memorial
The other three pilots were captured by the Japanese and made prisoners of war (POW); they were executed on 23 March 1945 at Beo in the Talaud Islands - Flight Sergeant Leon Newman King 434344 (A29-653), Warrant Officer Peter Waters 410186 (A29-630) and Flying Officer Francis Lawrence Hann 411448 (A29-508)
Following a war crimes trial in 1946 seven Japanese officers were sentenced to death for complicity in the murders of the three men
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