Sydney Hogarth STARMER

STARMER, Sydney Hogarth

Service Number: 429410
Enlisted: 15 September 1942
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty
Born: Hughenden, Queensland, Australia, 10 July 1924
Home Town: Gladstone, Gladstone, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 19 August 1943, aged 19 years
Cemetery: Wagga Wagga War Cemetery
Plot A Row A Grave 8, Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 429410
15 Sep 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 429410, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty
15 Sep 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 429410

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

LAC Starmer 429410 RAAF was killed in Wirraway aircraft A20-569 at Collingullie Bombing and Gunnery Range near Wagga Wagga while on a solo flight - the aircraft spun into the ground when turning in to attack a target