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LITTLEJOHN, Thomas Orsmond
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3552 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 December 1941, Headquarters North-West Area |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Headquarters Northern Territory Force |
| Born: | Barraba, New South Wales, Australia, 21 September 1902 |
| Home Town: | Upper Manilla, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Pastoralist "Eumbra" |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 16 March 1942, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT G.B.14. , Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 3552 | |
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| 2 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF Station Darwin, Headquarters North-West Area | |
| 16 Mar 1942: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 3552, Headquarters Northern Territory Force, K.I.A. | |
| Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 3552 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Dr. Edward Thomas Littlejohn and Margaret Alice Littlejohn
Husband of Doris Brenda Littlejohn of Upper Manilla, NSW
Sergeant John Forrest 406754 of Number 13 Squadron & Pilot Officer Thomas Orsmond Littlejohn 3552 from RAAF Headquarters North-West Area (Darwin) were KIA during a Japanese air-raid on Darwin
Pilot Officer Littlejohn was the detachment commander for a sub-unit from 1 Mobile Works Squadron and his loss is mentioned in the book "Always First - RAAF Airfield Construction Squadrons 1942 - 1974"
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