ANGUS, Colwyn Parker
| Service Numbers: | 429691, V265001 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Lilydale, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia, 17 February 1921 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, Craigronald Hill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, 6 December 1944, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Newton Stewart Cemetery, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Sec. M. Grave 3. Personal Inscription HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED , Newton Stewart Cemetery, Newton Stewart, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Morwell War Memorial, Newborough Cenotaph |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 429691 | |
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| 27 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V265001 | |
| 21 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 429691 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 October 1942 (at Perth WA)
Unit: No. 2 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit Avro Anson EG693), Scotland.
On a non-operational night navigation exercise, three of the crew members were killed and Sergeant Schneider died of his injuries.
The crew members of EG693 were:
Flight Sergeant Colwyn Parker Angus (429691) (Pilot)
Sergeant John Walter Melhuish (1668187) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Kenneth Richard Ridehalgh (3010367) (RAFVR) (Student Wireless Operator)
Sergeant Maurice Schneider (1043645) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Roll of Honour: Morwell VIC
Remembered: Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
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