WEEDEN, Jeffry
| Service Number: | 413054 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1941, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
| Born: | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1922 |
| Home Town: | Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tumut State High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank clerk |
| Died: | Accidental (air crash), Scotland, United Kingdom, 2 July 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Grangemouth (Grandsable) Cemetery, Scotland Section 1, Grave 36, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 413054, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 413054 | |
| 28 Aug 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 413054, Sydney | |
| 2 Jul 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 413054, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme, 58 Operational Training Unit (RAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
"...413054 Aicraftman (later Flight Sergeant) Jeffry Weeden RAAF, of Tumut, NSW. A bank clerk prior to his enlistment on 15 August 1941, he undertook air crew training and was posted overseas for further courses. Whilst attached to No 58 Operational Training Unit RAF he was killed on 2 July 1943 in a flying accident at RAF Station Grangemouth in Scotland. He was aged 21 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Son of Harold Reginald and Myrtle Grace Weeden of Tumut, NSW
Plane was Spitfire P8694 which was lost in Stirling, Scotland
Subjects studied at school, English, Maths 1 & 2, Geography, History, French, Technical Drawing, Science
Sports played - Football, Cricket, Tennis, Swimming, Golf
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