Herbert Edgar PYM

PYM, Herbert Edgar

    Service Number: 404832
    Enlisted: 6 December 1940
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: Not yet discovered
    Born: Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, 10 April 1917
    Home Town: Not yet discovered
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental, Dinmore, Queensland, Australia, Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 17 June 1941, aged 24 years
    Cemetery: Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
    Portion 10. Sec. 47. Allmt 5A. (GRM/4), Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement 404832
    6 Dec 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
    6 Dec 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 404832

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of Edgar Lucas and Edna Beatrice Pym

    Husband of Olga Joyce Pym of Malanda, Far North Queensland

     

    Avro Anson N9902 of Number 3 Service Flying Training School Amberley crashed near Dinmore (Ipswich), Queensland while on an Instrument flying exercise - unknown nature or cause of accident. Killed were:

    Sergeant James Edwards (Pilot) 407002

    Leading Aircraftman Bernard William Reynolds 404894

    Leading Aircraftman Herbert Edgar Pym 404832

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