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WELFARE.—On February 19, at Brisbane, Warrant Officer Thomas Walter Welfare (result of aircraft accident), third beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Welfare, of Philip avenue, Leabrook, loving brother of Henry, Roy and Les. Other States please copy.

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Warrant Officer Thomas Walter Welfare, 23, of Philip Avenue, Leabrook, who was killed in an air crash on Thursday, had only a week to finish his interim service with the R.A.A.F. He had told his parents by letter he had applied to remain in the R.A.A.F. W.O. Welfare was one of the 16 occupants killed when a four-engmined Lincoln bomber crashed at Amberley aerodrome, Brisbane. Third son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Welfare, he enlisted in the R.A.A.F. in 1943. His service included operational flights over Germany. W.O. Welfare was educated at Salisbury, Parkside., and Unley Schools. He was engaged to be married to Miss Pat Corbett, of Townsville, Queensland.

On the 19th of February 1948 Lincoln aircraft A73-11 of Number 12 Squadron (82 Wing) crashed on landing at Amberley aerodrome in Queensland killing all on board - 6 crew and 10 passengers -

WILLIAMS, Eric Ellis (Flight Lieutenant) 423963 DFC

WELSH, Frederick Leslie (Warrant Officer) 410769

KOBELKE, Norman Henry (Flight Lieutenant) 404343 DFC

GIBSON, Kenneth Alfred (Warrant Officer) 439649

KENNERLY, Leslie Thomas (Warrant Officer) 436854

WELFARE, Thomas Walter (Warrant Officer) 437239

TAGGART, William John (Flight Lieutenant) 413041 DFC

MULCAHY, Bryan Stanley (Flight Lieutenant) 428279 DFC

GARDNER, Walter Greenough (Flight Lieutenant) 405731 DFC

GIBB, John James (Flight Lieutenant) 428597

FRANKLIN, Mostyn Lloyd (Flight Lieutenant) 406214 DFM (21SQN)

RYANHART, Sydney John (Flight Lieutenant) 14941 (21SQN)

SMITH, Robert Bruce (Warrant Officer) 19667 (21SQN)

DESMOND, Michael James (Sergeant) 25292 (ESL)

BERNARD, Arthur Dudley (Corporal) 64045 (3AD)

WORLAND, Robert Arthur John (Leading Aircraftman) 170963 (3AD) (Q232680 WW2)