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Old 04-01-2008, 10:41 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Andy in West Oz View Post
Interesting stuff, Spidge, and new to me. Could it be people who were waiting their call up? Just an idle thought that sprang to mind as my knowledge in this are is ashamedly negligible.

Refugees? Or even recent immigrants who weren't allowed to join up because of German (wild assumption on the surnames) lineage?

There would have been a few RAAF types at Tocumwal.
This is the story of the Tocumwal Base.

Attachment 1172

They are both listed in the Australian Roll of Honour.

Next of kin are both set out as relatives in New York.
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