Thomas Watson WOOD

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Service Number:	421650
Enlisted:	28 February 1942
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 18 October 1920
Home Town:	Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Aircraft accident, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 8 February 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria War Graves Plot C. Row C. Grave 3,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Red Cliffs F/O Thomas "WOOD" Memorial Plaque

28 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 421650, Aircrew Training Units
28 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 421650
8 Feb 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 421650, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, On 8/2/45 while with 2 OTU, P40 A29-85, after performing some aerobatics the a/c dived vertically into the ground near Thurla Vic killing F/O Thomas Watson Wood.

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Son of William and Lily Wood

Husband of Essie Irene Wood of Campsie, NSW

Pilot of Kittyhawk aircraft A29-85 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit which crashed near Mildura, Victoria

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