Tuesday 15 June 2021

Trove Tuesday - Sergeant (Sgt) Thomas Frederick (Tommy) Pickering

Found via Trove on the Australian Memorial website was this image of 

Sergeant (Sgt) Thomas Frederick (Tommy) Pickering, 9 Squadron, RAAF, of Coogee, NSW. Sgt Pickering was killed in a training accident at Lake Macquarie NSW on 5 March 1942.Further digging on Trove found no reports of the incident other than a death notice.

1942 'Family Notices', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 10 March, p. 10. , viewed 15 Jun 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17791720

 Tommy is remembered on this website, https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcraaf-roll/pickering-thomas-frederick-411376/.

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