VIGGERS, James Lindsay
Service Number: | 40686 |
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Enlisted: | 16 May 1941 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | RAAF Station Darwin |
Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 10 July 1921 |
Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Assisting operator |
Died: | Ground Accident, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 16 March 1944, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT P.D.5., |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 40686 | |
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16 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, RAAF Ground Training Schools | |
16 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 40686 | |
16 Mar 1944: | Involvement Leading Aircraftman, RAAF Station Darwin, 52 Operational Base Unit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Hector Leslie and Mabel Emma Viggers nee Streeter of Brunswick, Victoria
Leading Aircraftman James Lindsay Viggers 40686 of 52OBU suffered extensive burns on the 11th of March 1944 when 41SQN Dornier aircraft A49-5 caught fire and sank at its moorings in Darwin Harbour, NT
LAC Viggers died 5 days later at 129AGH - other members injured in same incident that recovered were Flight Sergeant Kenneth Ian Wall 418992 & LAC Bert Charles Joseph Hokin 131530