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Today's is written by The Irrigator journalist Talia Pattison. World War II hero Pilot Officer Oswald Mountford will this week be recognised during the Australian War Memorial's Last Post ceremony. Mountford, from Leeton, NSW, was tragically killed after a successful bombing mission in 1945, alongside another Leeton man, Pilot Officer Edward George Wicky. On Wednesday, November 27, his story will be told as part of The Last Post ceremony at the Australian War Memorial. Held daily at 4.30pm (except Christmas Day), the ceremony commemorates each person listed on the Roll of Honour. To date, the memorial has delivered more than 3800 ceremonies, each featuring an individual story of service from colonial to recent conflicts. It will take more than 280 years to read the story behind each of the 103,000 names listed on the Roll of Honour. Mountford was born on December 11, 1923 in Leeton, the only son of Oswald Senior and Ivy Mountford. Known as Billie, he grew up in Leeton with his younger sister, Patricia, and attended the Leeton Intermediate High School. Mountford was 18 when enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in Sydney in May 1942, alongside Wicky. During aircrew training, Mountford and Wicky paired up and flew together from then on. Australian War Memorial senior historian Craig Tibbitts said the pair arrived in the UK in November, 1943. They were posted to No. 464 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force in July 1944, before being granted commissions as pilot officers in the Royal Air Force, joining their new squadron around D-Day. "In the early hours of February 4, 1945, Mountford and Wicky were returning to their base east of Portsmouth after successfully attacking enemy installations in Holland when their Mosquito crashed while taking immediate evasive action near the village of Horndean," Mr Tibbitts said. "No civilians were hurt, but both Wicky and Mountford were dead. "Mountford was 21-years-old." The Last Post Ceremony honouring the service of Pilot Officer Oswald Mountford will be live-streamed on the Australian War Memorial's YouTube page. The stories told at the Last Post ceremony are researched and written by the memorial's military historians, who begin the process by looking at nominal rolls, attestation papers, and enlistment records before building profiles that include personal milestones and military experiences.","isAccessibleForFree":false}</script><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":"https://www.queanbeyanage.com.au/","name":"Home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":"https://www.queanbeyanage.com.au/photos/","name":"Photos and Video"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":"https://www.queanbeyanage.com.au/story/8828574/honouring-leeton-wwii-hero-oswald-mountford-in-canberra/","name":"Honouring Leeton WWII hero Oswald Mountford in Canberra"}]}</script><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","legalName":"The Queanbeyan Age","name":"The 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id="subscription-select-wrap-fullpage"></div></div></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">World War II hero Pilot Officer Oswald Mountford will this week be recognised during the Australian War Memorial's Last Post ceremony. </p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG"><a href="https://www.irrigator.com.au/story/6505635/war-heroics-of-leeton-men-memorialised-in-england/" rel="follow" target="_blank">Mountford, from Leeton, NSW, was tragically killed after a successful bombing mission in 1945</a>, alongside another Leeton man, Pilot Officer Edward George Wicky.<br></p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">On Wednesday, November 27, his story will be told as part of The Last Post ceremony at the Australian War Memorial. <br></p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">Held daily at 4.30pm (except Christmas Day), the ceremony commemorates each person listed on the Roll of Honour. To date, the memorial has delivered more than 3800 ceremonies, each featuring an individual story of service from colonial to recent conflicts. <br></p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG"><a href="https://www.irrigator.com.au/news/history/" rel="follow" target="_blank">It will take more than 280 years</a> to read the story behind each of the 103,000 names listed on the Roll of Honour.<br></p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0" style="max-width:640px"></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">Mountford was born on December 11, 1923 in Leeton, the only son of Oswald Senior and Ivy Mountford.</p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">Known as Billie, he grew up in Leeton with his younger sister, Patricia, and attended the Leeton Intermediate High School.</p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">Mountford was 18 when enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in Sydney in May 1942, alongside Wicky. During aircrew training, Mountford and Wicky paired up and flew together from then on.<br></p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">Australian War Memorial senior historian Craig Tibbitts said the pair arrived in the UK in November, 1943. They were posted to No. 464 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force in July 1944, before being granted commissions as pilot officers in the Royal Air Force, joining their new squadron around D-Day.</p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6" style="max-width:768px"><div class="mb-6"><div class="aspect-w-16 aspect-h-9"><div class="md:overflow-hidden md:rounded-md"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet="/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/cMJhfEv9TADJPBxPT74Wz7/ff4295b8-5416-4d8e-b0f9-cb94d344e651.jpg/r0_0_640_361_w576_h298_fmax.webp 1x"/><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet="/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/cMJhfEv9TADJPBxPT74Wz7/ff4295b8-5416-4d8e-b0f9-cb94d344e651.jpg/r0_0_640_361_w576_h298_fmax.jpg 1x"/><source srcSet="/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/cMJhfEv9TADJPBxPT74Wz7/ff4295b8-5416-4d8e-b0f9-cb94d344e651.jpg/r0_0_640_361_w1200_h678_fmax.webp 1x" type="image/webp"/><img alt="Pilot Officer Edward George Wicky and Pilot Officer Oswald Mountford. Picture supplied by the Australian War Memorial " class="mx-auto w-full" loading="lazy" src="/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/cMJhfEv9TADJPBxPT74Wz7/ff4295b8-5416-4d8e-b0f9-cb94d344e651.jpg/r0_0_640_361_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg" title="Pilot Officer Edward George Wicky and Pilot Officer Oswald Mountford. Picture supplied by the Australian War Memorial "/></picture></div></div><div class="px-4 pt-3 font-inter text-sm font-normal leading-5 text-gray-500 md:px-0"><svg class="svg-inline--fa fa-camera fa-w-16 mr-2 max-h-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" viewBox="0 0 512 512" role="img"><path fill="currentColor" d="M149.1 64.8L138.7 96 64 96C28.7 96 0 124.7 0 160L0 416c0 35.3 28.7 64 64 64l384 0c35.3 0 64-28.7 64-64l0-256c0-35.3-28.7-64-64-64l-74.7 0L362.9 64.8C356.4 45.2 338.1 32 317.4 32L194.6 32c-20.7 0-39 13.2-45.5 32.8zM256 192a96 96 0 1 1 0 192 96 96 0 1 1 0-192z"></path></svg>Pilot Officer Edward George Wicky and Pilot Officer Oswald Mountford. Picture supplied by the Australian War Memorial </div></div></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">"In the early hours of February 4, 1945, Mountford and Wicky were returning to their base east of Portsmouth after successfully attacking enemy installations in Holland when their Mosquito crashed while taking immediate evasive action near the village of Horndean," Mr Tibbitts said. <br></p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">"No civilians were hurt, but both Wicky and Mountford were dead.</p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">"Mountford was 21-years-old."<br></p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">The Last Post Ceremony honouring the service of Pilot Officer Oswald Mountford will be live-streamed on the Australian War Memorial's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/awmlastpost" rel="follow" target="_blank">YouTube page</a>.</p></div></div><div class="hidden"><div class="mx-auto mb-6 px-4 md:px-0 text-lg font-normal leading-8 text-gray-800" style="max-width:640px"><p class="Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG">The stories told at the Last Post ceremony are researched and written by the memorial's military historians, who begin the process by looking at nominal rolls, attestation papers, and enlistment records before building profiles that include personal milestones and military experiences.</p></div></div><div class="relative mx-auto my-14 px-4 md:my-20 md:px-0" id="story-footer"><div class="invisible relative -top-12 block 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