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David Arnold Ray

Male 1916 - 1942  (25 years)


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  • Name David Arnold Ray 
    Born 7 Apr 1916  Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Feb 1942  North Sea Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • World War II -
      Killed in Action
    Buried Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I03720  Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2022 

    Father Edwin Ray,   b. 13 Jan 1882, Central Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1958, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Katie Helena Crossman Hazlewood,   b. 13 Dec 1888, Homebush, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1975, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 1913  Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Apr 1916 - Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Feb 1942 - North Sea Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
    David Ray
    David Ray
    1942
    Royal Australian
    Air Force
    Flying Officer

    Ray D.A. (bottom of list in photo)

    Landmarks
    Runnymede Memorial
    Runnymede Memorial

  • Notes 
    • On 24 February 1942 Hudson AM563 took off from North Coates on an anti-shipping patrol. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. The aircraft was lost and one crew member became a Prisoner of War. In 1948, Pilot Officer Knight, the only survivor, recorded that the three missing crew members had lost their lives at sea.

      Pilot Officer Knight reported that ?the aircraft hit the mast of a ship and burst into flames after crashing on an ice floe. A portion of the aircraft in which Knight was sitting broke away from the burning portion and he managed to make his escape on to the ice, from which he was rescued. The burning portion of the aircraft broke through the ice and sank quickly. Pilot Officer Knight stated that he heard nothing from the other crew after hitting the mast and although the boat that rescued him made a search for other survivors their efforts were unsuccessful. Later the crew of the ship stated that they only saw one figure on the ice floe before the aircraft sank, and coupled with the fact that the weather was bitterly cold, any person thrown out beyond the limit of the search would not have survived. Pilot Officer Knight is certain that he was the only survivor.?