LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Thomas Arthur COLE
Service No: 1109
Born: 8 May 1899, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1926
Unit: Headquarters RAAF Station Laverton VIC
Died: Ground Accident, Williamstown VIC, 6 October 1939, Aged 40 Years
Cremated: Fawkner Crematorium VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas Arthur and Gertrude Cole; husband of Irene Alice Emily Cole, of Penshurst, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 3, Victorian Cremation Memorial
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 6 October 1939, Flight Sergeant Cole, a Photographer, died of injuries received in a motor cycle accident on Koroit Road, Williamstown.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/8/1409