LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Sydney Hogarth STARMER
Service No: 429410
Born: Hughenden QLD, 10 July 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 September 1924
Unit: No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Uranquinty NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-569), Collingullie NSW, 19 August 1943, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick John and Ethel Josephine Starmer, of Gladstone, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Gladstone QLD
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 August 1943, Wirraway A20-569 flown solo by Trainee Pilot Leading Aircraftman Starmer crashed at the Collingullie Bombing and Gunnery range, New South Wales, and he was killed in the crash. The aircraft was seen to be in a spin.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 429410