PEART, Ronald Gregory
| Service Number: | 450144 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 June 1944 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight |
| Born: | Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 21 January 1926 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Mirboo, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 14 December 1979, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mirboo North Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jun 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 450144, 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight | |
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| 16 Jun 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 450144 | |
| 13 Jun 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 450144 | |
| 13 May 1947: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 450144, 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Leading Aircraftman, 450144, 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ron was the youngest of two children of Emerson Peart (born 1890 in Bourke, Victoria) and Ruby Evelyn Crole (born 1894 at Leongatha, Victoria). Emerson was a Farmer, just returned from WWI, when he married Ruby in 1919 at Mirboo in Gippsland, Victoria. The family lived in Ballarat and Melbourne before returning to Mirboo where Emerson was a Farmer.
Ron was eighteen years of age when he enlisted in the RAAF in Melbourne, Victoria in June 1944. He was a Leading Aircraftman (Service No:450144) attached to 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight when he was Discharged in June 1946. His father Emerson (Driver, Service No:10324: WWI and Private, Service No:92107) served in WWI and WWI and Uncle Charles Albert Peart (ACMF, Service No:V16231) served in WWII.
Returning from the War, Ron settled at Mirboo in Gippsland, Victoria where he was a Farmer when he married Teacher Neila Vallance (born 1928 in Ouyen, Victoria) in Mirboo. Ron and Neila raised their family at Mirboo, where Ron was a Farmer. He died in 1975 and Neila died in 2015.
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