LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant James Reid TOBIN
Service No: 15989
Born: Bairnsdale VIC, 31 July 1906
Enlisted in the RAAF: 1 July 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 1 School of Technical Training, Exhibition Building, Carlton VIC
Died: Complications from Injuries, Melbourne VIC, 9 January 1943, Aged 36 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James and Annie Tobin; husband of Hazel Lorraine Mary Tobin, of Bondi, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 14 November 1942, Flight Sergeant Tobin, a Wireless Telegraph Operator, was admitted to No. 6 RAAF Hospital, Heidelberg, suffering from a fractured skull and concussion and was discharged on 30 December 1942. He was admitted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital on 8 January 1943 and died the following day.
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, 163/168/175