Thomas Roy (Roy) LAVER

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LAVER, Thomas Roy

Service Numbers:	426752, Q128325
Enlisted:	10 January 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 41 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia, 5 November 1922
Home Town:	Toogoolawah, Somerset, Queensland
Schooling:	Brisbane Boy's College, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Accidental, United Kingdom, 10 May 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, North Yorkshire, England B C 5,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Melbourne Bank of Australasia 'In Remembrance' Honour Roll WW2, Toogoolawah War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 426752
10 Jan 1942:	Involvement Signalman, Q128325
10 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Signaller, Q128325, Kelvin Grove, Qld.
10 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q128325
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426752, No. 41 Squadron (RAAF), Brisbane, Qld.
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426752
18 Jul 1942:	Discharged

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Samuel Henry and Isabella Mathews Laver, of Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia.

Roy Laver spent the years 1938 and 1939 and a short period of 1940 as a boarder at Toowong and left the Brisbane Grammar School to take a position with the National Bank of Australasia ater securing his Junior pass in 1939. Enlisting in the R.A.A.F. his ambition was to become a Pilot, and he earned his wings in May, 1943, and left almost immediately for Enlgand to complete his training. He was Pilot of a Halifax Bomber and lost his life in air operations over Europe on May 10th last. Of a bright and happy disposition he always took a keen interest in the College. Our deepest sympathy is extended to his parents Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Laver of Toogoolawah.

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