Royal Australian Air Force Pilot Officer 417649 Age 29
Posting on Death: 1 Operational Training Unit East Sale, he was one of 4 crew members killed when their Beaufort Aircraft crashed at Currie Aerodrome King Island.
Their A9-352 crashed 2 kms east of Currie Airfield while on approach to land.
The crew members of A9-352 who were all killed were:
Pilot Officer Neville William Allan Edwards (401747) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kildea (418850) (Observer)
Pilot Officer Clarence Melville Leesue (417649) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harold Roy Snell (421408) (Pilot)
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He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Gladstone SA, also his, name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
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Son of James Patrick and Martha Ellen Leesue;
Husband of Mabel Gwendoline Leesue, of Broken Hill, New South Wales.
Posting on Death: 1 Operational Training Unit East Sale, he was one of 4 crew members killed when their Beaufort Aircraft crashed at Currie Aerodrome King Island.
Their A9-352 crashed 2 kms east of Currie Airfield while on approach to land.
The crew members of A9-352 who were all killed were:
Pilot Officer Neville William Allan Edwards (401747) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kildea (418850) (Observer)
Pilot Officer Clarence Melville Leesue (417649) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harold Roy Snell (421408) (Pilot)
~~~
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Gladstone SA, also his, name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
~~~
Son of James Patrick and Martha Ellen Leesue;
Husband of Mabel Gwendoline Leesue, of Broken Hill, New South Wales.
Royal Australian Air Force Pilot Officer 417649 Age 29
Posting on Death: 1 Operational Training Unit East Sale, he was one of 4 crew members killed when their Beaufort Aircraft crashed at Currie Aerodrome King Island.
Their A9-352 crashed 2 kms east of Currie Airfield while on approach to land.
The crew members of A9-352 who were all killed were:
Pilot Officer Neville William Allan Edwards (401747) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kildea (418850) (Observer)
Pilot Officer Clarence Melville Leesue (417649) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harold Roy Snell (421408) (Pilot)
~~~
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Gladstone SA, also his, name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
~~~
Son of James Patrick and Martha Ellen Leesue;
Husband of Mabel Gwendoline Leesue, of Broken Hill, New South Wales.
Posting on Death: 1 Operational Training Unit East Sale, he was one of 4 crew members killed when their Beaufort Aircraft crashed at Currie Aerodrome King Island.
Their A9-352 crashed 2 kms east of Currie Airfield while on approach to land.
The crew members of A9-352 who were all killed were:
Pilot Officer Neville William Allan Edwards (401747) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kildea (418850) (Observer)
Pilot Officer Clarence Melville Leesue (417649) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harold Roy Snell (421408) (Pilot)
~~~
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Gladstone SA, also his, name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
~~~
Son of James Patrick and Martha Ellen Leesue;
Husband of Mabel Gwendoline Leesue, of Broken Hill, New South Wales.
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