Thomas Orsmond (Tom) LITTLEJOHN

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LITTLEJOHN, Thomas Orsmond

Service Number:	3552
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

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 3552
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

Biography 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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