Thomas Claude SMITH

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SMITH, Thomas Claude

Service Number:	409008
Enlisted:	21 June 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 452 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Avoca, Victoria, Australia, 2 December 1918
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 20 November 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory D.C.9., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 409008
21 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units
21 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 409008, No. 452 Squadron (RAAF)
20 Nov 1944:	Involvement Flying Officer, No. 452 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Claude Percival Thomas Smith and Nellie Irene Smith

Husband of Dawn Estelle Smith of Caulfield, Victoria

Flying Officer Thomas Claude Smith 409008 & Flying Officer Evelyn Graeme Ivor Etherington 403804 were killed in the loss of Wirraway A20-633 of Number 452 Squadron RAAF east of Sattler Strip, NT

They were part of a search team for Leading Aircraftman Maurice Evan Wise 88327 who had gone missing on a hike in the Black Swamp area near Darwin on the 18th of November 1944 - he must have been located as he survived the war and was discharged in January 1946

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