Leonard Maurice BRADNEY

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BRADNEY, Leonard Maurice

Service Numbers:	A22169, 443297
Enlisted:	9 October 1943
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	82 Wing Headquarters (Amberley)
Born:	Epping, New South Wales, Australia, 25 June 1925
Home Town:	Epping, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	RAAF Warrant Officer - aircrew
Died:	Flying Accident, Rosewood, Queensland, Australia, 7 March 1950, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

9 Oct 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 443297
9 Oct 1943:	Enlisted A22169

Non Warlike Service

7 Mar 1950:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, A22169, 82 Wing Headquarters (Amberley)

World War 2 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 443297
Date unknown:	Discharged A22169

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

On the 7th of March 1950 RAAF Lincoln aircraft A73-44 crashed 8 miles south of Rosewood in Queensland killing all four crewmen:

Warrant Officer Stanley Samuel Templer 442804

Warrant Officer James Henry Wiber A22044 (422337)

Warrant Officer Leonard Maurice Bradney A22169 (443297)

Flight Lieutenant Clayton Brendan Lynch 415341 DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross)

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