Allan Herbert WRIGHT

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Service Number:	411424
Enlisted:	28 April 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Guyra, New South Wales, Australia, 3 June 1922
Home Town:	Guyra, Guyra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australai,, 7 December 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT R.S.L. Plot. Row D. Grave 8
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gundaroo Ventura Bomber A59-55 Crash Memorial, Guyra WW2 Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 411424
28 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
28 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 411424, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
7 Dec 1943:	Involvement No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)

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Son of John and Sarah Wright of Black Mountain, NSW

RAAF Ventura aircraft A59-55 of Number 13 Squadron crashed south-east of Gundaroo, NSW while on a training flight from Canberra. All crew killed:

Flying Officer Roy Alexander Sinclair 414605 (Pilot)

Flight Sergeant William Keith Hamilton Paterson 426847 (WAG - Wireless / Air Gunner)

Flight Sergeant James Arthur Paul 429393 (WAG - Wireless / Air Gunner)

Flight Sergeant Allen Herbert Wright 411424 (Air Gunner)

Flight Sergeant Ross Phillip Tumilty 408429 (Air Gunner)