Frank Leslie Oliver Thorn (16 August 1912 – 11 February 1942) was an Australian cricketer.
He played seven first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1937 and 1939.
[1] Thorn was a medium-paced bowler who dismissed Don Bradman for five in the Sheffield Shield when Bradman was aiming to hit a world-record seventh consecutive first-class century in 1938–39.
[4] Thorn joined the Royal Australian Air Force in February 1941.
[5] He was a member of a bomber's crew that crashed during a mission to bomb Japanese destroyers at Gasmata harbour in New Britain in February 1942.