Philip WEST

WEST, Philip

    Service Number: 41360
    Enlisted: 23 June 1941
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 1 Aircraft Performance Unit
    Born: Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 1 April 1921
    Home Town: Kooyong, Stonnington, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Aircraft accident, Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia, 25 May 1944, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
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    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 41360
    23 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 Aircraft Performance Unit
    23 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 41360, No. 1 Aircraft Performance Unit

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of Harry and Amy West of Christmas Hills, Victoria

     

    RAAF Vultee Vengeance aircraft A27-49 from Number 1 Aircraft Performance Unit Laverton crashed near Whittlesea, Victoria (Vultee Vengeance aircraft A27-92 was also lost on this mission) - all onboard were killed:

    Flying Officer Ralph Langley Erskine 419119

    Flying Officer Kenneth Alexander Wood 419363

    Sergeant Philip West 41360 (passenger)

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