
RASTON, Piers Oscar George
Service Number: | 17641 |
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Enlisted: | 2 September 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | North Perth, Western Australia , 1 October 1921 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | East Victoria Park, Perth Boys, Perth Modern & Perth Technical Schools, Western Australia |
Occupation: | Student |
Died: | Flying Battle, Marcianise Airfield, Italy, 2 April 1944, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Caserta War Cemetery, Caserta, Campania, Italy Grave VIII, B, 2. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Subiaco Perth Modern School WW2 Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 17641 | |
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2 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 17641 | |
2 Apr 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 17641, Last Unit No. 600 City of London Squadron, RAF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Piers Oscar George RASTON was born in North Perth, Western Australia on 1st October, 1921
His parents were Francis (Frank) Harcourt RASTON & Enid LAMBERT who married in Perth in 1912
He married Irene May CLARKE in Stockport, England in 1943
His last Unit was No. 600 City of London Squadron
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His father Francis Harcourt RASTON (SN 10462) MSM & MID -served during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919