Donald Cantrol CAMERON

CAMERON, Donald Cantrol

Service Number: 426040
Enlisted: 23 May 1942
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 4 August 1922
Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Aircraft accident), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 19 December 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery: North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld
Plot A. Row B. Grave 11, Rockhampton War Cemetery, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canal Creek War Memorial, Tara Shire WW2 Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 426040
23 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
23 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 426040, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)
19 Dec 1943: Involvement Leading Aircraftman, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Donald Charles and Isabel Cameron of Rouse Hill, NSW

USAAF Dakota C-47 #43-30742 (VH-CHR) of the 22nd Troop Carrier Squadron of the 374th Troop Carrier Group disintegrated in the air about 30 miles north of Rockhampton killing all 31 personnel on board. The RAAF passengers were:

LAC Donald Cantrol Cameron 426040 of 36 Squadron RAAF

LAC Raymond Kingsley Oster 115325 of RAAF Number 6 Transport and Movement Office, Townsville

 

The loss of this aircraft is still the second worst Air Disaster in Australian Aviation

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