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WOOD, Thomas Watson
Personal Details
Service Number: | 421650 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
28 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 421650, Aircrew Training Units | |
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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. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
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