Ronald Harvey Peet TUCKER

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TUCKER, Ronald Harvey Peet

Service Number:	414104
Enlisted:	20 July 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 38 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 September 1911
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Journalist
Died:	Flying Battle, Libya, 20 September 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya Grave ref: 6. E. 11
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

20 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 414104, Brisbane, Queensland
20 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 414104, No. 38 Squadron (RAAF)
20 Sep 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 414104, No. 38 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Flight Officer Killed
Mr and Mrs G. Tucker, Lang Parade, Auchrnflowcr, have been advised that their only son. Flying-Officer Ronald Harvey Peet Tucker, lost his life at Beuka Middle East, on September 20.
Enlisting in the RAAF in 1941 he received his commission in Australia before proceeding to England, where he was attached to the Coastal Command as a navigator. Later he was transferred to the Middle East and joined an RAF Squadron.

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