YOUNG, Arthur Curlewis
| Service Number: | 406671 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill |
| Born: | Cottesloe, Western Australia, 3 May 1916 |
| Home Town: | Cottesloe, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 10 November 1944, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brookton Road Board District Roll of Honour WW2, Bundaberg Civic Centre Memorial Portico, South Perth Wesley College Lych Gate, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 406671 | |
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| 8 May 1944: | Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross | |
| 10 Nov 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 406671, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Beaufighter A19-194 and A19-36 from Number 5 Operational Training Unit (5OTU) were involved in a mid-air collision over the ocean off Evans Head, NSW
Flying Officer Parker 29099 and Sergeant Tyack 431342 were killed in A19-36
Flight Lieutenant Hodges 267209 and Flight Lieutenant Young DFC 406671 (body not recovered, commemorated on Panel 5 of the Sydney Memorial) were killed in A19-194
Biography contributed
Arthur Curlewis YOUNG was born in Cottesloe, Western Australia on 3rd May, 1916
His parents were Arthur Hall YOUNG & Maria Kathleen CURLEWIS who married in WA in 1915
He married Betty BARTON in Queensland on 9th April, 1943
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