BROADFOOT, Colin McDonald
| Service Number: | 416203 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Albury, NSW, 6 August 1915 |
| Home Town: | Fullarton, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Scotch College, Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, Parafield, South Australia, Australia, Parafield, Salisbury, South Australia, Australia, 20 July 1942, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mitcham Cemetery, S.A. Mitcham Cemetery, Mitcham, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parafield Tiger Moth A17-236 Crash Site |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Apr 1941: | Involvement Sergeant, 416203 | |
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| 24 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 24 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 416203 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Fullarton Man
Dies in Air Crash
Sgt.-Pilot Colin McDonald Broadfoot, 26, of the Royal Australian Air Force, who lost his life in a plane accident in this State recently, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Broadfoot. of Fisher street Fullarton.
Educated at Scotch College, Sgt.-Pilot Broadfoot enlisted in 1940 and had been trained in four States — Pearce (Western Australia), Parafield (South Australia), Point Cook (Victoria), and Camden (New South Wales). He returned to South Australia in March as an instructor. He was formerly employed in the Adelaide office of the Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd., and was unmarried. Sgt.-Pilot Broadfoot was given an Air Force funeral in the Mitcham Cemetery.
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