RICKETT, Ronald Charles Granville
| Service Number: | 412698 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Air Force - unspecified units |
| Born: | Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1922 |
| Home Town: | Murrumburrah, Harden, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School Cullingar, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea off Gibraltar, 12 March 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gibraltar Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 412698 | |
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| 12 Mar 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 412698, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, RAF Station, Bournemouth |
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Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit (OADU) Lockheed Hudson Mk VI FK621 was lost in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Gibraltar with all crew killed - commemorated on the Gibraltar Memorial to the Missing:
Sergeant Ronald Charles Granville Rickett 412698 RAAF
Flying Officer Brian Wallace Polson 411641 RAAF
Pilot Officer Harold James Crowe J/11646 RCAF
Sergeant Henry Edwin Ash 414490 RNZAF
Some information obtained from the book For Your Tomorrow - A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 (Volume Two: Fates 1943-1998)
Biography contributed
Ronald Charles Granville RICKETT was born in Murrumburrah, NSW on 7th July, 1922
His parents were Charles Alfred RICKETT & Ruby McLEOD
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His brother George Alfred RICKETT (SN NX147925) and ( SN N381663) served in the Army during WW2 and was discharged on 25th January, 1946 (Corporal with 18 Lines of Communication Signals)
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