MACGREGOR-KING, Thomas Freer
| Service Number: | 407178 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 2 April 1918 |
| Home Town: | Echunga, Mount Barker, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Echunga Public School, Mount Barker High School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, North West Europe, 6 May 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Coll. grave 18. H. 18-22. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Echunga War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jul 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, 407178, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) | |
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| 20 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 20 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407178 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Freer Barnes King and Isabella Mary King, of Echunga, South Australia.
HIS SPIRIT STILL LIVETH. EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS PARENTS
Mr. and Mrs Freer B. King have received official advice that their son, Sfft. Air Gnr Thomas Freer MacGregor King, previously /reported missing, believed killed, lost his life with all other members of the crew of a Wellington bomber, in action over Stuttgart, on the night of May 6th, 1942. They were buried with military honors in Olzheim cemetery, Prum. He was educated at the Echunga and Mount Barker (high) schools, and, after having been for nearly three years a member of the S.A. 27th Bat. Scottish Infantry. He enlisted in the R.A.A.F. and in 1941 left for the United Kingdom. At the time of death he was 24 years of age and attached to the R.A.F., No. 12 Squadron. Lincolnshire.
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