Sydney George RICKERSEY

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RICKERSEY, Sydney George

Service Number:	420272
Enlisted:	11 October 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Aircrew Training Units
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1914
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Accident, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 2 September 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 420272
11 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
11 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 420272
2 Sep 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 420272, Aircrew Training Units, Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Wellington R1451 of Number 11 Operational Training Unit RAF crashed near Watlington in Oxford, England with all crew killed -

CLIFFORD, Ronald John (Sergeant) 424119 RAAF

FITZGERALD, Kenneth George (Flight Sergeant) 422640 RAAF

JOHNSTON, Stanley Maxwell (Pilot Officer) 425166 RAAF

RICKERSEY, Sydney George (Flight Sergeant) 420272 RAAF

NIXON, Francis William (Sergeant - Wireless Air Gunner) 1134784 RAF

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