John Michael David RYAN

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RYAN, John Michael David

Service Number:	414839
Enlisted:	9 November 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
Born:	Wynnum, Queensland, Australia, 5 April 1922
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Aircraft accident, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 21 January 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria R.C. Plot. Sec. R. Grave 40. , Mildura Public Cemetery, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Koorlong Sergeant John RYAN Memorial Plaque

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 414839
9 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
9 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 414839

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Michael John and Lily Thelma Ryan of East Brisbane, Queensland

Mid-air collision between RAAF Wirraway aircraft A20-349 and A20-277 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit near Mildura resulting in the deaths of the crew of A20-349 - Pilot Officer Geoffrey Taaffe 421099 and Sergeant Alan Bates 413510

The pilot of A20-277 was also killed Sergeant John Ryan 414839 - the crew member survived after baling out of the stricken aircraft (FLTLT J.S. Menzies)

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