LEST WE FORGET

Flying Officer Percy Thomas JEFFERY

Service No: 205655
Born: 3 February 1917, Location Unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 September 1935
Unit: No. 5 Squadron, Mareeba QLD
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-513), Tolga QLD, 4 May 1944, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Atherton War Cemetery, QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harold and Mary Jane Jeffery; husband of June Helena Jeffery of Elsternwick, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Footscray VIC
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

At 1530 hours on 4 May 1944, Wirraway A20-513 crashed near Tolga, Queensland, during a familiarisation flight and both crew members were killed. Those crew members were:

Flying Officer Percy Thomas Jeffery (205655) (Navigator Wireless)
Flying Frederick Arthur Mitchell (416359) (Pilot)

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 145

Bibliography:

Wilson, S. (Stewart) Wirraway, Boomerang and CA-15 in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1991

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