George Leslie SAVAGE

SAVAGE, George Leslie

Service Number: 3746
Enlisted: 17 October 1938
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 February 1916
Home Town: Coorparoo, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Aircraft accident), Off Queensland Coast, Australia, 12 August 1940, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood
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World War 2 Service

17 Oct 1938: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 3746, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
17 Oct 1938: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 3746
3 Sep 1939: Involvement 3746

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-27 of Number 23 Squadron was lost in Moreton Bay, Queensland at a location known as Jumpin Pin between North & South Stradbroke Island

The aircraft took off from Archerfield airfield in Brisbane for a navigational exercise at sea but failed to return. Its wireless faded out 20 minutes after take-off, and nothing more was heard. Two Hudson aircraft took off at 0700 hours the next morning to carry out a search but no wreckage was found - lost at 27.27 Latitude and 153.47 Longitude

The crew are commemorated on the Sydney Memorial to the missing in the NSW Garden of Remembrance adjacent to the Sydney War Cemetery within the Rookwood Necropolis

Sergeant Hamilton James O'Gorman 2545 - Panel 6

Flying Officer Mervyn Stephen Matthews 382 (pilot) - Panel 6

Pilot Officer Walter Keith Beeston 24180 (2nd pilot) - Panel 5

Sergeant Dudley Howard Downs 2464 - Panel 5

AC Francis John Starr 5085 - Panel 7

LAC George Leslie Savage 3746 - Panel 7

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