Jack Hume BIRD

BIRD, Jack Hume

Service Numbers: 409131, V1438
Enlisted: 9 July 1940
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units
Born: Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 12 June 1916
Home Town: Shepparton, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 20 March 1944, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland
Plot B Row C Grave 5, Toowoomba Cemetery, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 409131
9 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V1438
19 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409131, RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

De Havilland Dragon DH84 A34-58 of Number 4 Communications Unit aircraft crashed at the edge of Toowoomba Airfield, killing the two crewmen and two passengers:

Squadron Leader James Joseph Henry (1688) from Air Force Headquarters

Squadron Leader Oswald Terence Cantor (261104) from Headquarters North Western Area

Flight Sergeant Jack Hume Bird (409131) of 4 Communications Unit

Leading Aircraftman John Royal Twyford (20460) of 4 Communications Flight (died from injuries at Number 1 Australian Orthopedic Hospital in Toowoomba)

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