Derek Goldsworthy WICKS

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WICKS, Derek Goldsworthy

Service Number:	437960
Enlisted:	24 April 1943
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Aircrew Training Units
Born:	Highbury East, South Australia, 23 May 1921
Home Town:	Highbury, Tea Tree Gully, South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Plane crash, Dublin, South Australia, Australia, 27 March 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Mallala (Feltwell) War Cemetery, S.A. Plot B, Row C, Grave 10. , Mallala War Cemetery, Mallala, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dublin RAAF Airspeed Oxford BM782 Crash Site, Dublin War Memorial

World War 2 Service

23 Apr 1943:	Discharged
24 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 437960, Adelaide, SA
24 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 437960
27 Mar 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 437960, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme, No. 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala SA Killed in Flying Accident
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Leading Aircraftman Derek Goldsworthy Wicks 437960 of Number 6 Service Flying Training School was killed when Oxford aircraft BM782 crashed near Dublin, South Australia during a solo flying exercise

Son of Leonard John and Annie Adelaide Wicks; husband of Ruth Wicks of Payneham, SA

Biography

Aged 22 years

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