SAYER, Arthur Franklin
| Service Number: | 19135 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, 4 September 1913 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Employed at Ansett Airways |
| Died: | Accidental, Morotai Island, Morotai Island, Halmahera Island, Netherlands East Indies, 9 July 1945, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 23. D. 13. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 19135 | |
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| 17 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Geelong, Victoria | |
| 17 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 19135 |
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Arthur Franklin SAYER was born on 4th September 1913 in Bendigo, Victoria
His parents were Percival SAYER and Jane COLLINS
Arthur married Rhoda Margaret GATENBY who came from Tasmania
He enlisted on 17th July 1945 with the RAAF - Service no. 19135 - his last posting was a Flight Lieutenant with the 22 Squadron-Arthur died on 9th July 1945 at Mototai Island
He is buried at Ambon War Cemetery, Grave 28 D 13 & is also listed on the Australian War Memorial and Bendigo Roll of Honour
The Argus - 8th August 1945
KILLED AT MOROTAI - Flight Lieutenant Arthur Franklin SAYER who lost his life while flying at Morotai on 9th July was recently married to Miss Rhoda Gatenby- at present living in Bendigo. He was attached to a Beaufighter squadron and had seen five years service in the RAAF including operations in New Guinea and had intended taking up flying as a profession after the war. Before the war he was associated with Ansett Airways
Examiner -Launceston 27th July 1945
ON ACTIVE SERVICE - In loving memory of Flight Lieutenant Arthur Franklin Sayer who was killed in action at Moratai on July 9, 1945.
It is such a long long way home to you
But beyond the sunset our dreams will come true
Inserted by his sorrowing wife
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