LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman Allan TOMLINSON

Service No: 79988
Born: Boonah QLD, 2 November 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 December 1942
Unit: No. 4 Wireless Unit Detachment Strathpine QLD
Died: Ground Accident, Scarborough QLD, 6 November 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Brisbane (Lutwyche) Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George and Lydia Tomlinson, of Boonah
Roll of Honour: Boonah QLD
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 6 November 1945, Leading Aircraftman Tomlinson, a Fitter Driver Motor Transport, was killed in a motor car accident at Scarborough, Queensland. At approximately 2345 hours there was a collision in Landsborough Avenue, Scarborough, between a No 4 Wireless Unit Dodge weapon carrier and a RAAF Truck from No. 3 Personnel Depot driven by Aircraftman Class I Brackenridge.

The RAAF members involved in the accident were:

Leading Aircraftman Thomas Oliver Bird (36703) (No. 4 Wireless Unit) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 12 February 1946
Leading Aircraftman Harry William Callow (150077) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: Date unavailable
Aircraftman Class I Robert Lucas Dolman (158263) (No. 1 Engineering School)
Leading Aircraftman Allan Tomlinson (79988) (No. 4 Wireless Unit)

Two civilian women were killed in the accident and two Army members were injured. Their names are not available from the Casualty Files.

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, 166/40/722

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