LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Thomas John HERNAN
Service No: 1021
Born: Newport VIC, 4 September 1904
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 August 1937
Unit: RAAF Headquarters, Melbourne VIC
Died: Ground Accident, St Kilda VIC, 19 August 1943, Aged 38 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James and Mary Ann Hernan, of Newport; husband of Anna Marie Hernan, of Thornbury
Roll of Honour: Newport VIC
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 August 1943, Flying Officer Hernan (Administrative and Special Duties) was killed when he fell from a tram in St Kilda.
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, 166/17/268