Richard Frederick WIESENER

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WIESENER, Richard Frederick

Service Number:	607
Enlisted:	8 January 1940
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 31 December 1910
Home Town:	Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Aircraft accident, Canberra, ACT, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 13 August 1940, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Memorial Wall. Niche 115PD, Rookwood Crematorium, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 607
8 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
8 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 607

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Dr. Frederick Abbey Wiesener and Wilmot Elsie Wiesener

Husband of Elizabeth Joan Wiesener of Strathfield, NSW

RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-97 of Number 2 Squadron was on a VIP Flight when it crashed 2 miles east of Canberra Aerodrome, ACT

Passengers killed:

Brigadier G.A. Street (Minister for the Army)

General Sir Brudenell White (Chief of the General Staff)

Lieutenant Colonel F. Thornthwaite (Army Liaison Officer)

Mr J.V. Fairbairn (Minister for Air)

Sir Henry Gullett (Vice President Executive Council)

Mr R.E. Elford (Secretary to Air Minister)

Four RAAF crew members were killed in the crash:

Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Hitchcock 115 (Aircraft Captain)

Pilot Officer Richard Frederick Wiesener 607 (Second Pilot)

Corporal John Frederick Palmer 2130

Aircraftman Charles Joseph Crosdale 6673

Pilot Officer Wiesener was cremated at Rookwood Crematorium and Aircraftsman Crosdale was buried in a private service at Cessnock. The other 8 fatalities were accorded a State Funeral in Melbourne.

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