John Trevor SOUNDY

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SOUNDY, John Trevor

Service Number:	408059
Enlisted:	17 August 1940, Hobart, Tas.
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia , 24 September 1912
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Friends School, Clemes College, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Accidental, New Guinea, 7 January 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Port Moresby War Memorial Port Moresby, National Capital District, National Capital, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Baptist Church Warrant Officer Jack Soundy Memorial Hall, Hobart Baptist Church Warrant Officer John Trevor Soundy Memorial Tablet, North Hobart Friend's School Warrant Officer John Soundy Memorial Table, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 408059
17 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 408059, Hobart, Tas.

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of John and Edith Soundy, of Hobart, Tasmania.

TASMANIAN AIRMAN
NOT FORGOTTEN
AN American airman who knew W.O. John Trevor Soundy during the war has written to Mr. J. T. Soundy, of Hobart, 10 years after his son's death. W.O. Soundy was reported missing in air operations over Europe [Coral Sea] on January 7, 1943. Mr. Raymond A. Russell, of Texas, writes to Mr. Soundy that his son was one of a number of Australians assigned to the 3rd Bombardment Group of the 5th Air Force.
He says that W.O. Soundy was known as "a mosi daring and brave flier, who gave his all in the cause of freedom." "That" word has meant much to our nation and to your nation," Mr. Russell writes.
"Men like Officer Soundy gave that word to the world. ... As time has gone onward it has not been possible for me to forget, nor do I wish to forget, men lake your son.
"So tonight, 10 years later, I am writing this letter telling you how much we thought of your son."

HE LIVED WELL, AND DIED BRAVELEY

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