YEATES, Ian Marsh
| Service Number: | 9301 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 19 February 1940, enlisted at Hobart |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 459 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Franklin, Tasmania, Australia, 12 July 1917 |
| Home Town: | Huonville, Huon Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Aegean Sea, Cyprus, 14 July 1944, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Alamein Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Plane was Ventura JT336 Crashed at Caleto Airfield Rhodes island
mentioned in Despatches 22-6-1944
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Ventura JT836 of 459 Squadron RAAF took off from Nicosia airfield on Cyprus on a bombing mission against the German airfield at Calato (Kalathos) on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese region
No trace of the aircraft was discovered following take-off; all of the crew were officially listed as killed in action and as their bodies were not recovered they are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt
ABRAHAMS, Leo Reginald (Pilot Officer) 413503
LOVE, Frederick Raymond (Warrant Officer) 413623
SNADDON, John Ernest (Warrant Officer) 409361
YEATES, Ian Marsh (Flying Officer) 9301 (in August 1943 Sergeant Yeates was the sole survivor when Baltimore TH111 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea - he was received a Mention in despatches for his actions following the loss of that aircraft)