Raymond Victor TUMETH

TUMETH, Raymond Victor

Service Number: 428832
Enlisted: 10 October 1942
Last Rank: Warrant Officer
Last Unit: No. 43 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: FOREST LODGE, NSW, 19 August 1924
Home Town: Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

10 Oct 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 428832
24 Oct 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 428832, No. 43 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
4 Mar 1946: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 428832

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

 

"This operation was one of the epic sea rescues of the Second World War, entailing a round trip of 1800 miles mainly through Japanese held territory."

The rescue crew were: 415632 FO (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt, DFC)), Armand Andre Etienne (Captain), of West Perth, WA; 408409 FO (later Flt Lt), Ian McCallister Robson of Sandy Bay, Tas; 428809 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) (later Warrant Officer (WO)), John Joseph Sweeney (Navigator), of Newcastle, NSW, (visible standing on the wing of the rescue aircraft); 428832 Flt Sgt (later WO), Raymond Victor Tumeth of Haberfield, NSW; 428360 Flt Sgt (later WO), Derek Fanshawe Robertson of Camberwell, Vic; 12912 Sergeant (Sgt) (later PO), Robert Richard Tingman of Brighton, Vic; 12223 Sgt (later Flt Sgt), Albert Leslie Warton of Sydney, NSW; A2398 Sgt, Thomas Roy Elphick of Bondi, NSW; 33642 Corporal, James Francis Burgess Oliver of Glen Innes of NSW.

 

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