JAMES, Philip Montague
| Service Numbers: | 3632, 2413 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 April 1917, Engineer RFTS. |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Air Force Headquarters |
| Born: | Warragul, Victoria, Australia , 25 May 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Engineer |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 February 1942, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Portion 10 Section 67 Allotment 1B (GRM/4) |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3632, Engineer RFTS. | |
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| 28 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Pioneer Battalion | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 3632, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3632, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Acting Sergeant. | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 3632, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3632, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Mustard Gas. | |
| 10 Oct 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3632, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Evacuated from French Field Hospital to U.K. Military Hospital. | |
| 7 Feb 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3632, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Depart U.K. to R.T.A. on Hospital Ship "Lancashire" | |
| 23 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3632, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, R.T.A. 23 March 1919. Ex-Lancashire. Disc. 3 M.D. |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 2413 | |
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| 7 Apr 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, Appointed to a Commission. | |
| 28 Apr 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, Air Force Headquarters, Acting Flight Lieutenant. | |
| 20 Feb 1942: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 2413, Air Force Headquarters, Killed when his QANTAS DH-86 Transport crashed. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Qantas De Havilland DH86 VH-USE "Sydney" took off from Archerfield airfield on a flight to Darwin via Mount Isa with seven wartime priority passengers aboard and two crewmen. It was raining at the time, with low cloud and poor visibility. The aircraft crashed into the foot of Mount Petrie near Brisbane after it developed structural problems.
The Qantas crew were Captain Charles Henry Cecil Swaffield and Chief Officer Lindsay Stuart Marshall
The passengers were:
Mr Claude Thorne Seccombe & Mrs Georgina Rhoda Seccombe from Longreach
Mr John Lyall Stewart & Mr Robert Bruce Reid & Mr John James Anderson
2nd Lt Herbert Hughes Hayden, US Army Air Force, Service # 0-429795 who was based in the Rockhampton area
Flight Lieutenant Philip Montague James 2413 of RAAF Headquarters, Melbourne
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