WEATHERSON, Charles Neil
| Service Number: | 431676 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1943, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 8 Operational Training Unit Parkes |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 October 1923 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Trinity Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 29 May 1945, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Parkes Cemetery, NSW Plot A Row D Grave 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 431676 | |
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| 10 Aug 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 431676, No. 8 Operational Training Unit Parkes, Melbourne, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles Edward and Bertha Stuart Weatherson; husband of Yvonne Mary Grant Weatherson, of Glebe, New South Wales.
Pilot-Officer Charles Neil Weather son, eldest son of Mr C. N. Weather son, district officer, Eastern Hill Fire Brigade, and Mrs Weatherson, was killed in an aircraft accident at Parkes (NSW) on May 29. He was 21. He was one of the finest runners in the Associated Grammar Schools, winning many events at Trinity Grammar and in the combined sports. He held 10 school records, and three of his records in combined sports still stand. He was captain of the school in his last two years and vice-captain of the cricket and, football teams.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Weatherson 431676 RAAF was killed in Boomerang aircraft A46-82 from Number 8 Operational Training Unit following a mid-air collision with Boomerang A46-17 flown by Pilot Officer Foster 443813
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