TIBBITS, Wilfred John Peter
| Service Numbers: | 403081, NX8927 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1939, Paddington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Aircrew Training Units |
| Born: | Goulburn, NSW, 22 October 1918 |
| Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Parramatta High School |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer - Union Bank |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Saskatchewan, Canada, 13 June 1941, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Yorkton Cemetery, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada Block 5, Lot 80, Grave C |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Union Bank of Australia Limited 'In Memoriam' WW2 Honour Roll, Yorketown Kadina Union Bank WW2 Roll of Honor |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 403081 | |
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| 6 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX8927, Australian Army Service Corps, Paddington, NSW | |
| 9 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 403081 | |
| 9 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 403081, Aircrew Training Units, Sydney, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James Wilfred Douglas Tibbits and Agnes Grace Tibbits, of Kirribilli, New South Wales, Australia.
Wilfred enjoyed footbal, cricket, tennis and swimming.
Leading Aircraftman Wilfred John Peter Tibbits 403081 was killed when Harvard 3798 of Number 11 Service Flying Training School (11SFTS) RCAF based at Yorkton crashed in Saskatchewan, Canada.
In the latest list of R.A.A.F. casualties, appears the name of L.A.C. W. J. P. Tibbits, of Sydney, killed in a flying accident in Canada. LA.C. Tibbits was a trainee of the No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School, Narandera, and was very popular with the friends whom be made whilst stationed there.
Giri Thanks
"The Sun"
For Memories
Bitter - sweet memories were revived to-day for a Sydney girl, who received two unexpected letters from Canada, sympathising with her for the death of her airman brother. "We were much more than mere brother and sister," she said. "We were the best friends in the world. The two letters, addressed. "Miss Nancy Tibbits. Sydney. Australia.' came to "The Sun,'' and within 48 hours "The Sun" had located her. This morning the letters were handed to her in an office in the city. Her brother, Leading-Aircraft-man Wilfred John Peter Tibbits, was killed on Friday, June 13, in Canada, when the trainer he was flying solo crashed.
"I shall never be able to thank 'The Sun' enough," exclaimed Miss Tibbits as she eagerly opened the envelopes. Each was written by a woman in Canada and expressed sympathy at Leading-Aircraftman Tibbits's death.
"I was in London during the last war helping with the entertainment of the Australian and New Zealand troops, and always thought what fine fellows they were. They are the same in this war." wrote an Englishwoman, Eva Davidson, now a refugee in British Columbia, who read of the accident in a Canadian newspaper. Lost Brother, Too The second letter was written by Millicent K. McGuire, of Fox Warren, Manitoba. She told Miss Tibbits she had decided to write because her own brother had been killed in the last war, and she realised what a terrible loss it was.
Leading Aircraftman Tibbits, 21, single, was the only son of Mrs. Grace Tibbits. of FitzWllliam-road, Vaucluse. His father is dead. He served with the militia before enlisting in the R.A.A.F.
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