LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Thomas TWEEDIE
Service No: 404067
Born: Sydney NSW, 16 September 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 April 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 2 Service Flying Training School, Forrest Hill NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-33), near Wagga Wagga NSW, 30 August 1940, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Brisbane General Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert Ballantyne Tweedie and Edith Tweedie
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2255 hours on 30 August 1940, Wirraway A20-33, flown solo by Leading Aircraftman Tweedie, flew into the ground about half a mile east of the Forrest Hill aerodrome and he was killed.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 404067; A9845, 102