Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

06/12/1941

Date of Discharge

04/12/1945

Place of Enlistment

Adelaide, South Australia

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

15/03/1923

Place of Birth

Mitcham, South Australia

Address (at enlistment)

Braddon ACT

School(s) Attended

Mitcham Primary School, Unley High School

Occupation

Public servant

Next of Kin

Gerhard Temme, Barrelder Road, Torrens Park, South Australia

Service Number

417132

Final Rank

Flying Officer

Final Unit

280 Squadron RAF

Temme lived in Canberra for three months from September 1941 to December 1941 when he returned to Adelaide to enlist. He initially lived at the Acton Guest House (previously the Bachelor Quarters) before moving to a private boarding house in Braddon. He returned to Canberra after the war, studied law at the Canberra University College and later lived in O'Connor and then Farrer. He became Registrar of Motor Vehicles in 1954 as well as Chairman of the ACT Road Safety Council. In the 1960s he became the principal legal officer in the Department of Defence.

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
The Canberra Times - 12 December 1951, 24 December 1952, 1 October 1954, 14 February 1967, 18 January 1972
Nomination by Lynette Waldron (3 August 2015)