Tasman Foskett SWINNEY

SWINNEY, Tasman Foskett

Service Number: 421642
Enlisted: 28 February 1942
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: Operational Training Units (RAF)
Born: North Sydney, NSW, 6 March 1909
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Hebden Public School
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Aircraft Accident, Stafford, United Kingdom, 10 September 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery: Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Chester, England
Section A, Grave 459, Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

28 Feb 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 421642, Aircrew Training Units, Sydney, NSW
28 Feb 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 421642
10 Sep 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 421642, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme, No. 27 OTU RAF
10 Sep 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 421642, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Tasman Foskett SWINNEY was born on 6th March, 1909 in North Sydney, NSW

His parents were Herbert Augustus SWINNEY and Ida Beatrice FOSKETT

He first joined up with the Citizens Naval Forces in 1927 (Service No. S6380)

On 28th February, 1942 he enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force - his last posting was a Pilot Officer with the 27 Operational Training Unit

Tasman died on 10th September, 1943 in an aircraft accident in a Wellington Bomber over the Thames - he is buried in Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Section A, Grave 459 and also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Cremorne, Sydney, NSW

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Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah) 15th September, 1943

Mrs. A. L BUDDs son killed in Flying Accident

Word was received in Murwillumbah yesterday that Pilot Officer Tasman Swinney, stepson and son respectively of Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Budd had been killed in a flying accident over the River Thames last Friday.  He was the only son of Mrs. Budd.  

It will be recalled that Mr. Budd received word a couple of weeks ago that his youngest son, Flying Officer Hamilton Budd had been  killed in a fight between a U boat and a Sunderland flying boat of which he was one of the crew

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Sydney Morning Herald - 18th September, 1943

AIRMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT

Pilot Officer Tasman F Swinney, R.A.A.F. has been reported killed in an accident in England on Sept. 10.  Before enlisting he was on the staff of Dalgety & Company Ltd. and was president of the Juinior Chamber of Commerce.  He was the only son of the late Mr. H.A. Swinney and Mrs. A.E. Budd of Cremorne.

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