CHISHOLM, Wallace
| Service Number: | 407410 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 17 October 1910 |
| Home Town: | Fullarton, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Unley High School |
| Occupation: | Insurance Officer |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Semarang, East Java, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia 5 F 12 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Oct 1940: | Involvement Flying Officer, 407410 | |
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| 12 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 12 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407410 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
S.A. Pilot
Officer Missing
Mrs. H. N. Chisholm, of Foster street, Fullarton, has been informed that her husband, Pilot - Officer Wallace Chisholm is missing as a result of operations in Java. Pilot- Officer Chisholm gained his observers wings in July last year, and left for Singapore in August.
Before enlisting in the Air Force ne was a lieutenant in the 27th Battalion Militia. Pilot-Officer Chisholm, who was previously employed by the T. and G. Assurance Society Ltd., was educated at Unley High School.
He is the son of Mrs. and the late Mr. G. R. Chisholm.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Wallace Chisholm 407410 RAAF and Squadron Leader Wilkins 33204 RAF of 100SQN RAF were killed when Vickers Vildebeest K6377 was shot down near Semarang, East Java
Flight Lieutenant Victor Lloyd Percival Ryan 407457 survived and became a Prisoner of War - he was discharged from the RAAF in July 1946
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