ADDISON, Thomas William Sheridan
Service Number: | 404571 |
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Enlisted: | 11 October 1940, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 50 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 21 May 1912 |
Home Town: | St George, Balonne Shire, Queensland |
Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School |
Occupation: | Clerk of Land & Petty Sessions |
Died: | Flying Battle, France, 12 August 1942, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre Division 67, Row E, Grave 11 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, St George Hospital Memorial Pavillion, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 404571 | |
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11 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404571, No. 50 Squadron (RAF), Brisbane, Queensland |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Sheridan Addison and Adria Scougall Addison, of Charleville, Queensland
Flight Sergeant Thomas Addison was an Air Observer/Navigator and crewmember of a No. 50 Squadron Royal Air Force Lancaster Bomber R5746 that left Royal Air Force Station Waddington and failed to return after an attack on a target at Le Havre in France on the night of 11th/12th August 1942. His father, residing at Edward Street, Charleville was advised by telegram on 17th August 1941 that he was missing as a result of air operations. His father was advised on 6th February 1943 that the International Red Cross Committee had received information from German sources that two members of Thomas Addison’s crew were confirmed killed on 12th August 1942.
Remembered with honour Roll of Honour Charleville