Thomas Bruce HAMILTON

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HAMILTON, Thomas Bruce

Service Number:	437787
Enlisted:	14 March 1940, Kensington, SA
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 1 Service Flying Training School
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 June 1920
Home Town:	Rose Park, South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College, School of Mines
Occupation:	Production Supervisor
Died:	Accidental, Canada, 21 April 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Ontario, Canada Lot 125, Block A Canada
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rose Park Gartrell Memorial Church WW2 Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

14 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Kensington, SA
27 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 437787, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, Adelaide, SA

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Edward Frank HAMILTON and Daisy Anges nee FRASER, 86 Watson Avenue, Rose Park, SA

Leading Aircraftman Thomas Bruce Hamilton 437787 was killed in Harvard 3031 of Number 1 Service Flying Training School based at Camp Borden (operating Harvard & Yale aircraft) - the aircraft crashed in Ontario, Canada while on a solo flight

Accident occurred at 2300 - half an hour after the crash that killed LAC Frank Henry Smith RAAF 430562

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