John Brough TARRANT

TARRANT, John Brough

Service Number: 51601
Enlisted: 2 March 1942
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 4 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Prahan, Victoria, 26 December 1910
Home Town: Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Postal employee
Died: Accidental (air crash), Wau, New Guinea, 27 August 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warragul War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

2 Mar 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 51601, Melbourne, Victoria
2 Mar 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 51601, No. 4 Squadron (RAAF)
27 Aug 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 51601, No. 4 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by John Tarrant

"Mrs J. B. Tarrant, 25 Prendergast st., Pascoevale, has now been notified that her husband, LAC John Brough Tarrant, lost his life as the result of a non-operational flight on August 7. LAC Tarrant was employed at the Elizabeth st. post-office before his enlistment. He was previously reported missing, believed killed." - from the Melbourne Argus 25 Sep 1943 (nla.gov.au)