LEST WE FORGET
Group Captain Thomas Anthony SWINBOURNE OBE
Service No: 19
Born: Sebastopol VIC, 22 July 1897
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 March 1921
Unit: RAAF Headquarters, Melbourne VIC
Awarded the Order of the British Empire – Officer (Military) (OBE), 2 January 1939, Citation: Royal Australian Air Force
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 17 September 1940
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: No additional information
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Group Captain Swinbourne served as a Motor Transport Driver in the 4th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, during World War I with the Regimental Number of 1788. He first enlisted in the RAAF as an airman on the 31 March 1921 initially in the Stores & Accounting Branch before transferring to the General Duties Branch in 1923.
On 17 September 1940, Group Captain Swinbourne (General Duties) died of an illness at the Mercy Hospital, Melbourne.
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, 166/138/1401