Jeffry WEEDEN

WEEDEN, Jeffry

Service Number: 413054
Enlisted: 15 August 1941, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: Operational Training Units (RAF)
Born: Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1922
Home Town: Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Tumut State High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Bank clerk
Died: Accidental (air crash), Scotland, United Kingdom, 2 July 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Grangemouth (Grandsable) Cemetery, Scotland
Section 1, Grave 36,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

15 Aug 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 413054, Sydney, New South Wales
15 Aug 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 413054
28 Aug 1942: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 413054, Sydney
2 Jul 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 413054, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme, 58 Operational Training Unit (RAF)

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

"...413054 Aicraftman (later Flight Sergeant) Jeffry Weeden RAAF, of Tumut, NSW. A bank clerk prior to his enlistment on 15 August 1941, he undertook air crew training and was posted overseas for further courses. Whilst attached to No 58 Operational Training Unit RAF he was killed on 2 July 1943 in a flying accident at RAF Station Grangemouth in Scotland. He was aged 21 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

Son of Harold Reginald and Myrtle Grace Weeden of Tumut, NSW

Plane was Spitfire P8694 which was lost in Stirling, Scotland

Subjects studied at school, English, Maths 1 & 2, Geography, History, French, Technical Drawing, Science

Sports played - Football, Cricket, Tennis, Swimming, Golf

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