Thomas William SHARD

SHARD, Thomas William

Service Number: Q148539
Enlisted: 23 March 1942
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 7 August 1918
Home Town: Munbilla, Scenic Rim, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Aircraft accident), Canal Creek via Yaamba, Queensland, Australia, 19 December 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery: North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld
Plot A Row B Grave 4
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canal Creek War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, Q148539
23 Mar 1942: Enlisted
23 Mar 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q148539
19 Dec 1943: Discharged

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

USAAF Dakota C-47 #43-30742 (VH-CHR) of the 22nd Troop Carrier Squadron of the 374th Troop Carrier Group disintegrated in the air about 30 miles north of Rockhampton killing all 31 personnel on board. The loss of this aircraft is still the second worst Air Disaster in Australian Aviation history.

On board were 20 American Service personnel, an Australian War Correspondent (Harold George Dick), a Salvation Army Officer (Chaplain William Bramwell Tibbs BEM), Representative MacDonald of the YMCA, two members of the RAAF (LAC Cameron 426040 & LAC Oster 115325) & 6 Australian Army soldiers:

Corporal Shard Q148539

Private Rasmussen Q271392

Captain Geddes SX4886

Captain Weir NX333

Captain Mollison VX912

Corporal Sleep NX150010

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