Piers Oscar George RASTON

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RASTON, Piers Oscar George

Service Number:	17641
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
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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Biography 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

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