Thomas Trevor LAIDLAW

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LAIDLAW, Thomas Trevor

Service Number:	401970
Enlisted:	26 April 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 4 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 21 September 1920
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Geelong College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	University Student
Died:	Flying Battle, Papua New Guinea, 6 September 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot KK, Row C, Grave 14
Memorials:	Ararat Shire of Ararat WW2 Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

26 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 401970, Melbourne, Victoria
26 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 401970, No. 4 Squadron (RAAF)
6 Sep 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 401970, No. 4 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Thomas Haliburton Laidlaw and Elfwyn Anne Laidlaw; husband of Betty Patricia Laidlaw of Kew, Victoria

Came under attack by enemy aircraft while do a reconnaissance in the Hopoi River area and was not seen again. At the time he was attached to 4 Squadron which consisted of Wirraway and Boomerang aircraft

Also served in the Geelong College Cadet Corps

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