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WIGHT, Frederick James Byam
Personal Details
Service Number: | 30 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Group Captain |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 3 August 1905 |
Home Town: | Mornington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, New Guinea, 30 January 1944, aged 38 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot C8. Row B. Joint graves 26-27. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Group Captain, 30 |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Group Captain Frederick James Byam Wight and WGCDR Walter Lawrence Hammond from Number 10 Operational Group HQ were killed when Avro Anson LT294 crashed at Mt Kenevi, PNG
Their remains were not recovered until 1965 - GPCAPT Wight was the most senior RAAF officer to go missing during WW2