TUCHIN, Clyde James
| Service Number: | 165018 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1944 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 8 Airfield Construction Squadron |
| Born: | Taree, New South Wales, Australia, 9 March 1926 |
| Home Town: | Taree, Greater Taree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Austral public school, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Westmead hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 19 June 1994, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Aug 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 165018 | |
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| 1 Aug 1944: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 7 Airfield Construction Squadron | |
| 1 Aug 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 8 Airfield Construction Squadron | |
| 14 May 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 165018 | |
| 14 May 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 8 Airfield Construction Squadron |
Papua New Guinea
My grandfather told me the story about what his father (who served in ww2) about how when he was on the island of Papua New Guinea. The soldiers of Papua New Guinea (fuzzy wuzzy angels) would come up behind you during the night and feel your patches to make sure your Australian soldiers. Well this one night my great grandfather had lost his jacket with his patches on it, he started to panic when he realised what was going to happen if he didn’t have them. Later that night he waited for the fuzzy angels to come when they got he got on his knees and started saying “sorry I have no idea where my jacket with my Australian patches have went, please don’t kill me my wife back at home is pregnant and needs me”. They started laughing because the person he Just begged not to kill him was his commanding officer who had gone out to find the fuzzy wuzzy angels so they wouldn’t kill him.
Submitted 13 June 2022 by Koby Tuchin
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