WIESENER, Richard Frederick
Service Number: | 607 |
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Enlisted: | 8 January 1940 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 31 December 1910 |
Home Town: | Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Canberra, ACT, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 13 August 1940, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Memorial Wall. Niche 115PD, Rookwood Crematorium, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 607 | |
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8 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) | |
8 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 607 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Dr. Frederick Abbey Wiesener and Wilmot Elsie Wiesener
Husband of Elizabeth Joan Wiesener of Strathfield, NSW
RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-97 of Number 2 Squadron was on a VIP Flight when it crashed 2 miles east of Canberra Aerodrome, ACT
Passengers killed:
Brigadier G.A. Street (Minister for the Army)
General Sir Brudenell White (Chief of the General Staff)
Lieutenant Colonel F. Thornthwaite (Army Liaison Officer)
Mr J.V. Fairbairn (Minister for Air)
Sir Henry Gullett (Vice President Executive Council)
Mr R.E. Elford (Secretary to Air Minister)
Four RAAF crew members were killed in the crash:
Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Hitchcock 115 (Aircraft Captain)
Pilot Officer Richard Frederick Wiesener 607 (Second Pilot)
Corporal John Frederick Palmer 2130
Aircraftman Charles Joseph Crosdale 6673
Pilot Officer Wiesener was cremated at Rookwood Crematorium and Aircraftsman Crosdale was buried in a private service at Cessnock. The other 8 fatalities were accorded a State Funeral in Melbourne.