Ronald Bruce SQUELCH

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SQUELCH, Ronald Bruce

Service Number:	25242
Enlisted:	13 March 1941
Last Rank:	Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
Born:	Bangalow. New South Wales, Australia, 20 January 1918
Home Town:	Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Amberley, Queensland, Australia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 August 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Row C Grave 13, Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 25242
13 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 25242, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
13 Mar 1941:	Enlisted 25242

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

LAC Jack Hyland Harvey 25761 and AC1 Ronald Bruce Squelch 25242 were killed when a civilian passenger bus and American army service vehicle 4133333 collided on Three Mile Bridge between Ipswich and Amberley aerodrome. The bus driver (Mr Jowett) was killed instantly, the driver of the American vehicle (Private Johnnie Perdue of 1954 Quartermaster Company, Camp Columbia, Wacol Queensland) was held in police custody.

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