BUBKE, Thomas Louis
| Service Number: | 425271 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill |
| Born: | Biggenden, Queensland, Australia, 13 October 1922 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Near Tea Gardens (Port Stephens), New South Wales, Australia, 10 April 1945, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery Plot K,, Row C, Grave 9, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Biggenden Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 425271 | |
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| 1 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 425271 | |
| 1 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 425271 | |
| 10 Apr 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 425271, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Thomas Louis BUBKE was born in Biggenden, Queensland on 13th October, 1922
His parents were Louis William BUBKE & Mary MacKENZIE who married in Queensland on 3rd June, 1918
He married Mavis Lillian KOPP in Queensland on 20th October, 1942 - one son Dennis
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"A tribute of love and remembrance of one we will never forget"
"Many a lonely heartache, often a silent tear,
But always a beautiful memory, of a brother we loved so dear"
"The shock was great, the blow severe, Good took the son we loved so dear,
A beautiful memory, dearer than gold, a son whose worth can never be told,
No one knows how much we miss him, some may think the wound is healed
For they cannot see the sorrow, in our aching hearts concealed
The cherished memory of one so dear, is often recalled by a silent tear"
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Douglas Godfrey Vincent Forster 426571 and Warrant Officer Thomas Louis Bubke 425271 were killed when Beaufighter A19-131 of Number 5 Operational Training Unit based at Williamtown crashed during a forced landing attempt near Tea Gardens (Port Stephens), New South Wales
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