LEST WE FORGET
Squadron Leader Norman Burns TAMLYN
Service No: 251345
Born: Geelong VIC, 18 April 1904
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 June 1928
Discharged from the RAAF: 12 October 1945
Unit at Discharge: No. 12 Repair and Servicing Unit
Died: Illness, Victoria, 11 July 1946, Aged 42 Years
Cremated: Springvale Crematorium, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Husband of Elizabeth Marjorie Tamlyn, of Burwood
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 3, Victorian Cremation Memorial
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Squadron Leader Tamlyn became an Air Cadet on 11 June 1928 and graduated as a pilot. He transferred to the reserve on the 1 September 1936, and on 1 July 1940 was recalled for active service and posted for engineering duties.
On 12 October 1945, the appointment of Squadron Leader Tamlyn, an Engineer, was terminated and he died on the 11 July 1946.
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 A9300, TAMLYN N B