Charles William (Bud) TINGWELL AM

TINGWELL, Charles William

    Service Number: 413915
    Enlisted: 13 September 1941
    Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
    Last Unit: No. 87 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Coogee, New South Wales, Australia, 3 January 1923
    Home Town: Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Radio Announcer (2CH Sydney)
    Died: Natural causes (prostate cancer), Melbourne Victoria, Australia, 15 May 2009, aged 86 years
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Fuchsia, Garden 2, Bed 26, Position 43.
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    World War 2 Service

    13 Sep 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 413915, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
    28 Feb 1942: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
    2 Apr 1942: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Narromine
    17 Jun 1942: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 3 Embarkation Depot (Sandgate)
    26 Jun 1942: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 413915, Embarked from Brisbane for Canada. Disembarked in Canada on 09 Aug 1942.
    9 Aug 1942: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units
    4 Dec 1942: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, Commissioned.
    20 Mar 1943: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 413915, Embarked from Canada for U.K.
    2 Apr 1943: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, RAF Conversion Units
    17 May 1943: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, RAF Headquarters Units, RAF M.E. Command.
    4 Jun 1943: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
    1 Sep 1943: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, RAF Base (Petah Tiqva)
    30 Jan 1944: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, No 680 (photoreconnaissance) Squadron RAF. [Spitfire and Mosquito photo recon sorties].
    4 Dec 1944: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant
    15 Jan 1945: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, M.E. Personnel Transit Centres.
    17 Mar 1945: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 413915, Aircrew Holding Units, R.T.A. from M.E. to disembark in Melbourne on 14 April 1945.
    14 Apr 1945: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 1 Personnel Depot RAAF (Melbourne)
    24 May 1945: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 2 Personnel Depot, Bradfield Park.
    4 Jun 1945: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill, RAAF Station Williamtown.
    24 Dec 1945: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, No. 87 Squadron (RAAF), Photo reconnaissance.
    3 Jul 1946: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 413915

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