WAITE, Donald Ashby
| Service Number: | 411973 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1941, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 14 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Wynyard, Tas., 31 October 1921 |
| Home Town: | Wynyard, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk - Commonwealth Bureau of Census & Statistics Canberra |
| Died: | Accidental, Yetna, WA, 15 March 1943, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Geraldton War Cemetery, Western Australia Plot A. Row A. Grave 10. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narra Tarra Beaufort Bomber A9-173 Air Crash Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 411973 | |
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| 21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 411973, No. 14 Squadron (RAAF), Sydney, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alfred Henry WAITE and Charlotte May nee WHITE of Wynyard, Tas.
EIGHT MEN KILLED.
FIVE WEST AUSTRALIANS.
PERTH, This Morning - In a plane crash which occurred on Monday in this State, 8 airmen were killed, 5 being West Australians. The victims were: Pilot- Officer George Bishop (wireless air gunner), Prospect, S.A.; Sgt. Donald Ashby Waite (pilot of plane), Tasmania; Sgt. Robert Ambrose Redman (observer), Adelaide, S.A.; Sgt. Edward Watling (wireless air gunner), Armadale; Sgt. Charles Vincent Patching (fitter), Pearce; L.A.C. Herbert Spencer Kilpatrick (fitter), Bassendean; L.A.C. George Louis Pedrotta (flight mechanic), Bellevue; A.C.1 Godfrey Carter (electrician), South Perth.
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