MATTHEWS, Philip William
Service Number: | 406080 |
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Enlisted: | 18 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 23 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Boulder, Western Australia, 2 November 1916 |
Home Town: | Nedlands, Nedlands, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Aircraft accident), Philippines, 9 April 1946, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 406080 | |
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18 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 406080, Aircrew Training Units | |
18 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 406080 | |
9 Apr 1946: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Lieutenant Philip William Matthews 406080 was killed when RAAF 23SQN B24 Liberator A72-348 crashed into the sea south of Zamboanga off Mindanao, Phillipines - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial
The only other fatality from the 10 passengers and crew on board was an Australian who held a US Army commission in the Small Ships fleet - Captain J. Potter (NFI)
Two RAAF members were seriously injured but recovered -
Warrant Officer Colin James McKenzie 422241 (discharged from the RAAF in June 1947)
Corporal Edgar Edric Pye 34387 (discharged from the RAAF in December 1947)
The other 5 RAAF personnel on board plus another Australian Small Ships officer escaped without serious injury -
Wing Commander Handbury 395 AFC (Air Force Cross) (discharged from the RAAF in July 1971 - Group Captain O381)
Warrant Officer Nesbitt 433943 (discharged from the RAAF in March 1948)
Warrant Officer Smith 19667 (discharged from the RAAF in February 1948)
Warrant Officer Welsh 410769 (discharged from the RAAF in February 1948)
Flight Sergeant Norton 39721 (discharged from the RAAF in October 1946
Captain A. S. McFadden (NFI)