Ronald Rashleigh SILLCOCK

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SILLCOCK, Ronald Rashleigh

Service Number:	400840
Enlisted:	9 November 1940, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 53 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Morwell, Victoria, Australia, 26 August 1912
Home Town:	Yinnar, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Trinity Grammar School
Occupation:	Dairy Farmer
Died:	Air operations, Caribbean Sea, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 10 November 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada, Yinnar War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 400840
9 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 400840, Melbourne
9 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 400840
10 Nov 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 400840, No. 53 Squadron (RAF)
Date unknown:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 400840

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Ronald Rashleigh SILLCOCK was born in Morwell, Victoria on 26th August, 1912

His parents were Thomas Martin SILLCOCK & Evelyn Beatrice RASHLEIGH

He enlisted in the RAAF in Melbourne on 9th November, 1940

Ronald died on 10th November, 1942 during Air Operations in the Caribbean Sea as a pilot of a Hudson III V925 aircraft , serving in the 53rd Squadron of the RAF - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Ottawa Memorial in Ontario, Canada

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Three of his brothers also served during WW2

1. Arnod Munro SILLCOCK (V391113) Army - discharged in 1945 - 12th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corp

2. Brice Evan SILLCOCK (V381114) Army - discharged in 1945 - 12th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corp

3. Kenneth Mathison SILLCOCK (VX48773) Army - discharged 1942 and re-enlisted in RAAF (SN 428287) & discharged in 1945 - 460 Squadron

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