
MATHER, William Lawrence
Service Numbers: | 443344, N24867 |
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Enlisted: | 8 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 6 March 1918 |
Home Town: | Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Newcastle Bight off Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia, Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, 8 November 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery Plot K Row D Grave 4, Sandgate War Cemetery, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 443344 | |
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8 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, N24867 | |
12 Oct 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 443344 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Beaufighter aircraft A19-4 from Number 5 Operational Training Unit crashed into the ocean at Newcastle Bight off Port Stephens in NSW - killed were:
Sergeant Brian George Sparkman 438404 - body not recovered, commemorated on Panel 6 of the Sydney Memorial to the Missing
Warrant Officer Francis Edward Smallhorn 408882 and Sergeant William Lawrence Mather 443344 - buried in Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery