Austin Oliver George RICHARDS

RICHARDS, Austin Oliver George

    Service Number: 30005
    Enlisted: 11 March 1940
    Last Rank: Flying Officer
    Last Unit: Operational Training Units (RAF)
    Born: Mole Creek, Tasmania, Australia , 30 April 1919
    Home Town: Mole Creek, Meander Valley, Tasmania
    Schooling: Mole Creek State School, Tasmania, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Accidental, United Kingdom, 19 April 1943, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
    Section 4, Row H, Grave 23. Epitaph reads.. "For Liberty And Justice"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Deloraine Memorial Gates, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Mole Creek War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 30005
    11 Mar 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 30005
    19 Apr 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 30005, Operational Training Units (RAF), No. 10 Operational Training Unit

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Austin Oliver George RICHARDS was born in Mole Creek in Tasmania on 30th April, 1919

    His parents were Gloster Richard RICHARDS & Minnie LEE who married in Launceston, Tasmania in 27th October, 1913

    Austin went to Canada to finish his training in the RAAF and then to the United Kingdom

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    His brother Oxley Lee RICHARDS (SN TX12734) served in the Army during WW2 and was discharged on 28th July, 1944 (12/50th Infantry Battalion)

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