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BIRD, Jack Hume
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 409131, V1438 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units |
| Born: | Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 12 June 1916 |
| Home Town: | Shepparton, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 20 March 1944, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Plot B Row C Grave 5, Toowoomba Cemetery, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 409131 | |
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| 9 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V1438 | |
| 19 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409131, RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
De Havilland Dragon DH84 A34-58 of Number 4 Communications Unit aircraft crashed at the edge of Toowoomba Airfield, killing the two crewmen and two passengers:
Squadron Leader James Joseph Henry (1688) from Air Force Headquarters
Squadron Leader Oswald Terence Cantor (261104) from Headquarters North Western Area
Flight Sergeant Jack Hume Bird (409131) of 4 Communications Unit
Leading Aircraftman John Royal Twyford (20460) of 4 Communications Flight (died from injuries at Number 1 Australian Orthopedic Hospital in Toowoomba)
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