TOBIN, James Reid
| Service Numbers: | 13524, 15989 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 July 1922 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 School of Technical Training |
| Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 31 July 1906 |
| Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 January 1943, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.S.B.12, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Jul 1922: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 13524, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) | |
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| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 15989 | |
| 1 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 School of Technical Training | |
| 1 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 15989 |
James Reid Tobin- murdered at bourke st theatre melbourne defending a woman.
ON THIS DAY – January 8, 1943
Detectives inquiring into the death of Staff-sgt James Reid Tobin, 35, RAAF instructor at a WAAAF training school near Melbourne, who was fatally injured after an alleged altercation at a Bourke st theatre on this day in 1943, charged an aircraftman from an Air Force centre in northern NSW with murder. Tobin, it is alleged, was struck by another RAAF man in the foyer of the theatre after a quarrel, and when he fell he struck his head on the tiled floor. He died later at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Det-sgt S. H. McGuffle, who was in charge of inquiries, and a sergeant attached to the RAAF service police, after travelling 900 miles to a northern NSW Air Force centre, detained a cook at an RAAF officers’ mess. He was returned under escort on a charge of having violated an Air Force regulation. Later at the city watchhouse Kevin Evans, 21, of Mackay was charged with the murder of Tobin.
Submitted 6 March 2016 by dan tobin
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of James and Annie Tobin
Husband of Hazel Lorraine Mary Tobin of Bondi, NSW
Flight Sergeant Tobin previously served in the RAN 1922 - 1936
At the time of his initial injury (fractured skull) he was on the Staff at Number 1 WAAF Depot Toorak
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