Veteran Notes/Bio
1.Not listed Bygone Queanbeyan , Bungendore War Memorial Hall ROH nor Collinson “Final List".
2. DVA Nominal Roll:There is only one "TR" on the Nominal Roll and "Blanchford" has been incorrectly spelt as "Blackford". DATE/POB:20.01.1920/North Sydney, NSW;DATE/POE:16.09.1940/ Sydney;LOCALITY ON ENLISTMENT:Unknown;NOK;Joyce O'Reilly(Married 28.06.1942); DISCHARGE DATE /UNIT:12.06.1943 (Accidental Death-mid air collision)/57 Operational Training Unit. See RAAF War Fatalities RAF OTU AWM Ref R940.544994.3886R.V22.
3. AWM pdf file :Age 23.Born :North Sydney;Occupation: Jackeroo;Parents: Bernard John /Iris Osborne;Usual Place of rEsidence: Pymble,NSW;Commemorated on the Pymble NSW ROH:Buried Owestry Cemetery ,Shropshire UK.No NOK listed.File indicates that he was attached to RAF UK 61 OTU.
4.2X NAA files Open and indicates that he served in the Militia with the & Light Horse and was resident at "Currandooley", Bungendore. One file deals specifically with his death.
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