Ernest WARD

WARD, Ernest

Service Number: 146299
Enlisted: 30 December 1943
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: RAAF Ground Training Schools
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 November 1925
Home Town: Clifton Hill, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Ground Accident), Alexishafen, New Guinea, 27 February 1945, aged 19 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 146299
30 Dec 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 146299, RAAF Ground Training Schools
30 Dec 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 146299

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Leading Aircraftman Ernest Ward 146299 of Number 4 Central Reserve Depot was killed in a military truck accident at Alexishafen in New Guinea while on duty

The driver of the truck - LAC Douglas Clayton Boomer 141024 - was injured in the incident, he was discharged from the RAAF in 1947