Theodore William John SPEET

SPEET, Theodore William John

    Service Number: 412206
    Enlisted: 22 June 1941
    Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
    Last Unit: No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Garoet, Java, 8 May 1913
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 16 September 1944, aged 31 years
    Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
    D.B.12., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Orange Cenotaph, Orange WW2 Supreme Sacrifice Honour Board
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 412206
    22 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units
    22 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 412206
    16 Sep 1944: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of Peter Marie Anthony Speet and Cornelia Maria Speet of Orange, NSW

    Flight Lieutenant Theodore William John Speet 412206 was the pilot of Number 1 Squadron RAAF Beaufort aircraft A9-593 which crashed after take-off from Gould Field, NT - he was the only fatality; the rest of the crew survived with varying injuries: Flying Officer Eric William Hadley Wood 417985 / Warrant Officer Robert Brough 414621 / Flying Officer Evan Frederick Klemm 414241

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