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YEOMAN, Edwin St Clair
Personal Details
Service Number: | 473 |
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Enlisted: | 16 January 1939 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 10 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria, 10 June 1920 |
Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Electricity supply tester |
Died: | Flying Battle, Bay of Biscay, Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean, 8 August 1942, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
16 Jan 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 473, Point Cook, Victoria |
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World War 2 Service
16 Jan 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 473, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF) | |
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1 Oct 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 473, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
19 Nov 1940: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 473, From Melbourne Ship Themistocles | |
8 Aug 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 473, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF), Battle of the Atlantic - RAN and RAAF Operations |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Edwin St Clair YEOMAN was born in Camberwell, Victoria on 10th June, 1920
His parents were George Ellis YEOMAN and Mina Estella BRADSHAW
His father George Ellis YEOMAN (SN 28303) served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919