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Identity
Person No.
1786
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Thomas Wyburn
Initials
T W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, North Atlantic, west of Ireland - torpedoed once by German "U-38". Q-ship "Warner" ("Q-27", cargo ship, 1, 300grt, 1911) was on an eastward course as a tempting U-boat target. She was torpedoed around 09.00hrs, going down in five minutes. Some of her survivors were picked up by British submarine "D.3"
Military Service
Rank
Commander
Secondary Unit
on loan to Royal Navy
Defence Force
AUS 164
Australian forces
Notes

Son of William and Amelia Biddlecombe, of Swallowfield, Reading, England; husband of Gertrude Mary Biddlecombe, of 50, Leopold St., South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918

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