LAVER, Thomas Roy
| Service Numbers: | 426752, Q128325 |
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| 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, Toogoolawah War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 426752 | |
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| 10 Jan 1942: | Involvement Signalman, Q128325 | |
| 10 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Signaller, Q128325, Kelvin Grove, Qld. | |
| 10 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army 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 |
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Add my storyBiography 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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