Colin Keith TUOHY

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TUOHY, Colin Keith

Service Number:	48584
Enlisted:	26 May 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 80 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Telowie, South Australia, 17 June 1923
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

26 May 1942:	Involvement 48584, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
26 May 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide
26 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 48584
15 Jul 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 48584, No. 80 Squadron (RAAF)
26 Mar 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

LAC Colin Keith Tuohy 48584 was one of 5 Airmen from 80SQN who were shot by Japanese snipers on Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea on the 15th of July 1944 - he was seriously injured but survived and was discharged from the RAAF in 1946

The other 4 men were killed in the incident - LAC Keith John Jones 70683 / LAC Ian McGregor Wilson 70714 / LAC Percy Kevin Watterson 77200 / LAC John Anderson Phillips 69659

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