Francis William TIPPETT

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TIPPETT, Francis William

Service Number:	40495
Enlisted:	12 May 1941
Last Rank:	Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg
Born:	Charlton, Victoria, Australia, 3 August 1920
Home Town:	Highton, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 12 February 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Presbyterian Plot. Section B. Block 14. Grave P1817 (GRM/4), Bundaberg General Cemetery, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Highton Memorial Gates

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 40495
12 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 40495, No. 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg
12 May 1941:	Enlisted 40495

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of William Nicholas and Edith Emmeline Tippett of Highton, Victoria

Francis Tippett drowned in raging floodwaters near Bundaberg, Queensland while taking part in rescue / evacuation efforts. AC Tippett and other RAAF personnel were trying to cross to a family which earlier in the night refused to leave home when the RAAF boat hit a submerged fence post around midnight and sank. The other airmen were rescued and another RAAF boat managed to reach the stranded family and take them to safety.

"He died that others might live"

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