Geoffrey Samuel VENN

VENN, Geoffrey Samuel

    Service Number: 422769
    Enlisted: 23 May 1942
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    Born: Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 1920
    Home Town: Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Aircraft accident, You Yang Ranges, Victoria, Australia, You Yangs, Victoria, Australia, 23 January 1943, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
    1.S.D.16, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement 422769
    23 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    23 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 422769

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of Aubrey Vivian and Mary Annie Venn of Hunters Hill, NSW

     

    RAAF Oxford training aircraft BM712 from Number 1 Service Flying Training School Point Cook was operating out of the Little River Satellite Aerodrome when it crashed in the You Yang Ranges, Victoria - all crew were killed:

    Flying Officer Clarence James Loft 3402

    Leading Aircraftman Geoffrey Samuel Venn 422769

    Leading Aircraftman, John Stanley Walker 418494

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