Herbert Thomas TANSER

TANSER, Herbert Thomas

Service Number: 411549
Enlisted: 24 May 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
Born: Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, 28 October 1920
Home Town: Katoomba, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Aircraft accident, Lake Victoria, New South Wales, Australia, 19 January 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria
C. of E. Plot. Sec. S. Grave 14
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 411549
24 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
24 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 411549

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Herbert Alfred and Ethel Anna Tanser of Manly, NSW

Pilot of Spitfire BS222 which crashed near Lake Victoria, NSW