Leonard Hardie WHITE

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WHITE, Leonard Hardie

Service Number:	413809
Enlisted:	13 September 1941, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 30 August 1920
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Accidental, Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, 26 November 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT R.S.L. Plot, Row D, Grave 13, Woden Cemetery, Woden, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 413809
13 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 413809, Enlisted at Sydney

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Douglas and Clara White of Waverley, NSW

Plane was Vengeance A27 - 94 which was lost near Mullon, NSW

Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Vultee Vengeance aircraft A27-94 of Number 4 Operational Training Unit Williamtown crashed at Mulloon, 15 miles from Braidwood, NSW killing Flight Sergeant Robert Maxwell Carter 415116 & Pilot Officer Leonard Hardie White 413809

Pilot Officer White completed initial training and progressed to Number 20 Intermediate and Advanced Training Course for pilots at Number 7 Service Flying Training School (7SFTS) at RAAF Station Deniliquin, NSW from 9 February 1942 to 25 June 1942.

After training he was posted as a Pilot Officer (PO) to Number 4 Operational Training Unit based at Williamtown, NSW

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