PHILLIPS, Theodore John
Service Number: | 267520 |
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Enlisted: | 21 April 1943 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew) |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 July 1904 |
Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Accident, Coral Sea, Coral Sea, Pacific Islands, 22 April 1943, aged 38 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 267520 | |
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21 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
22 Apr 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 267520, RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 | |
Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 267520 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Empire Flying Boat VH-ADU operated by Qantas crashed during an emergency landing on the open sea near Port Moresby - the following personnel were not able to be rescued and they are commemorated on the Port Moresby Memorial
PHILLIPS, Theodore John (Pilot Officer) 267520 (Aircrew)
BARTLEY, Walter Robert (Pilot Officer) 267521 (Aircrew)
HARRIS, James Abraham (AC) 423531
STEPHENS, Alan Reginald (AC) 59312
FLANAGAN, Ernest Alfred (LAC) 51288
GRADY, Ernest John (Sergeant) 37501
GROGAN, Vincent Edward (AC) 55573
NICHOLSON, Donald William (Corporal) 50337
ELLIS, Alfred James (LAC) 32238