Award OBE F/O. Mason, RAAF & BEM Pte. Summers, Volunteer Defence Corps, Queensland

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  1. brithm

    brithm Senior Member

    Award OBE Flying Officer Charles Surtees Mason (Aus 4636), Royal Australian Air Force

    Award British Empire Medal (Military Division) Q123835 Private Horace Summers, Volunteer Defence Corps. Queensland

    WO 373/67/505
     
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  2. alieneyes

    alieneyes Senior Member

    13 years later, 03589 Squadron Leader Mason was 2nd Pilot on a mission of mercy in Queensland when Lincoln A73-64 crashed killing the four crew, a nursing sister and a day old child.

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