Raymond Howson COLLETT

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COLLETT, Raymond Howson

Service Number:	401105
Enlisted:	3 January 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 11 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, 10 July 1920
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	12 March 1997, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Bendigo High School Honour Roll WW2, Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance

World War 2 Service

3 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 401105
3 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 401105, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF)
10 Dec 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 401105, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)
1 Mar 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 401105, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF)
8 Mar 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 401105, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Born 10 July 1920 in Bendigo, Victoria

NOK: Lerlie Collett

3/1/1941 enlisted into RAAF at Melbourne, VIC

Dec. 1942 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF based at RAF Station Mount Batten,
Plymouth, England operating with Coastal Command in the Battle of the Atlantic.

*** service record needs to be ordered through National Archives of Australia ***

Flight Lieutenant in 11 Squadron

8/3/1946 discharged from service

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 22/6/2016. Lest we forget.

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