Ronald William Vear VANSTONE

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VANSTONE, Ronald William Vear

Other Name:	Middle name spelt Mear in NAA & DVA but spelt Vear in AWM & spelt Vear in Birth registry , Ronald William Mear
Service Number:	39108
Enlisted:	8 April 1941, Adelaide
Last Rank:	Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
Born:	Prospect, South Australia, 24 June 1922
Home Town:	Yorketown, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Yorketown Higher Primary School, South Australia
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Werribee, Victoria, Australia, 27 February 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.T.A.7
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yorketown War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 39108, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
8 Apr 1941:	Involvement 39108, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
8 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
8 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide
27 Feb 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

AC Vanstone drowned while swimming with other airmen at Werribee, Victoria. He set out to cross the wide swimming hole but when half-way across he got into difficulties. After police had dragged the pool without success a diver from Queenscliff was used to recover the body from the river bed.

Biography

Son f Leonard William Philip VANSTONE and Stella nee BATEUP

LAC Ronald Vanstone RAAF aged 20. Son of Mrs S Vanstone of 5 Cedar Avenue Croydon. Educated at Yorketown Higher Primary School, gaining his QC at age 13. Very keen on shooting. In civil life was a motor mechanic employed by Mr Hector McLenna. Was a member of the Yorketown Methodist Order of Knights. Enlisted on 8th April 1941 and lost his life at Werribee River, Victoria on 27th February 1943 and is buried at Springvale, Victoria.

Information supplied from The Personal Pictorial Honor Roll of South Australians who have enlisted in the Second World War.

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