Malcolm George WESTERN

WESTERN, Malcolm George

Service Number: 417917
Enlisted: 18 July 1942, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 576 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia., 16 December 1923
Home Town: Marion, Marion, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Orchardist
Died: Flying Battle, North West Europe, 16 December 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 417917
18 Jul 1942: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 417917, No. 576 Squadron (RAF)
18 Jul 1942: Enlisted Adelaide
18 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417917, Adelaide, South Australia
16 Dec 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417917, No. 576 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...417917 Flight Sergeant Malcolm George Western, 576 Squadron RAF, of Marion, SA. Flt Sgt Western, aged 20, was the air gunner on Lancaster bomber DV342, radio call sign: UL-62. The entire crew of DV432 died on the night of 16 December 1943 when it was attacked enroute to Berlin and crashed at Lichtenberg, Germany." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)