William Gilbert BOTHE

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BOTHE, William Gilbert

Service Number:	14227
Enlisted:	26 March 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Campsie, New South Wales, Australia, 9 November 1918
Home Town:	Lakemba, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, 30 December 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Hylton (Castletown) Cemetery Hylton (Castletown) Cemetery, Hylton, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lakemba St Andrew's Anglican Church Memorial Windows

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 14227
26 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 14227

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Miles Master training aircraft N8076 and T8567 from Number 55 Operational Training Unit RAF crashed in Sunderland, England after colliding in mid-air with all four airmen killed:

Miles Master N8076 - Sergeant Peter Morphett Piggott 407454 RAAF and Sergeant William Gilbert Bothe 14227 RAAF

Miles Master T8567 - Sergeant Leonard Douglas Wright 407758 RAAF and Pilot Officer Arthur Raymond Kirby J/8814 (R/69660) RCAF

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