Thomas
Wallace
Shrimpton
Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Brother of
Neil Buchanan Collins [half], Norman Knight Collins [half], Margarate Laura Collins [half], Douglas Hillary Collins [half], Florence Marguerite Shrimpton, Vera Mavis Annie (Collins) Carryer [half] and Winifred Amelia Shrimpton
Husband of
Ethel Hebron (Smith) Shrimpton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 25
in Wales
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Aug 2014
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Thomas Shrimpton is an Anzac who served in World War Two.
Biography
Thomas Wallace Shrimpton (RNZAF 41367) served with the RAF during WW2 - in September 1942, he was stationed at RAF Rhoose; No:7 Air Gunnery School near Cardiff in Wales.
On the 22nd September 1942, Flight Sergeant Thomas Wallace Shrimpton (pilot) and Sergeant John Francis Teskey of the RCAF were on a training flight in a Boulton Paul Defiant Mk1(T4075) when they dived into sea after steep turn during gunnery exercise. Both men were killed and the aircraft written off, damaged beyond repair. [1] He was 25 years old.
Burial
- Porthcawl Cemetery, Glamorganshire, U.K.
- block 4. Row H. grave 2.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~6.25%
~25.00%
jAN (Marshall) Andrews 
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JAndrews55
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Kathy (Goulstone) Viney :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kathy_viney
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~1.56%
Cecille (Hunt) Russ :
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Sue Carey
I have been living in Porthcawl for a couple of years and have 'adopted' Thomas's grave: I have previously lived in NZ for over 20 years. A commemoration event was held for Thomas, and other Commonwealth servicemen, on July 2, 2017 when a memorial stone was unveiled at nearby Stormy Down which was a training camp during WWII. Lisa d'Oliveira, a Wing Commander of the NZ Defence Forces, laid a wreath on Thomas's grave as did I and representatives of Air NZ. Rob Taylor, who organised the event, has investigated the events surrounding Thomas's demise: he died, together with his gunner, when a training mission went wrong. His plane turned too quickly, cutting off the fuel supply to the plane's engine, and crashed into the sea off Porthcawl.
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