LEST WE FORGET

Sergeant Thomas Henry STRAKER

Service No: 412041
Born: Cardiff NSW, 14 May 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 June 1941
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit, Bairnsdale VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Operational Training Unit Beaufort aircraft A9-155), Bairnsdale, 1 February 1943, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Bairnsdale War Cemetery, VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur Henry and Elizabeth Ann Straker; husband of Kathleen Hilda Straker, of Cardiff, New South Wales.
Roll of Honour: Cardiff NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 1 February 1943, Beaufort A9-155 crashed after take-off at Bairnsdale. The cause of the crash is recorded as obscure.

The crew members of A9-155 were:

Sergeant Reuben Henry Bates-Brownsword (416241) (Observer)
Sergeant Gordon Clyde Lloyd (412984) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Thomas Henry Straker (412041) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant William Holden White (406892) (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, 246

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