Edwin St Clair YEOMAN

YEOMAN, Edwin St Clair

Service Number: 473
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
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Non Warlike Service

16 Jan 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 473, Point Cook, Victoria

World War 2 Service

16 Jan 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 473, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)
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

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Biography 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