CAMERON, Duncan Gordon
| Service Number: | 287418 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1925 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew) |
| Born: | Camperdown, Victoria, Australia, 16 May 1903 |
| Home Town: | Newtown, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Pilot |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Mount Bundy, Northern Territory, Australia, 21 April 1942, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory Q.A.6., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jul 1925: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, RAAF Point Cook | |
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| 16 Jul 1925: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 287418 | |
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 287418 | |
| 21 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Duncan and Catherine Cameron
Husband of Rita Mary Cameron of Newtown, Victoria
Duncan Gordon Cameron (RAAF Flight Lieutenant 287418) and William Thomas Gray (RAAF Flying Officer 287419) were the crew of a Lockheed C-40 aircraft which crashed near Mount Bundy, NT killing all on board, including 10 members of the 49th Interceptors Control Squadron USAAF -
Cpl Bill Bedford / Cpl Tony Gattamelata / PFC Robert George / PFC Nick Hinch / PFC Ray Love / PFC John Faris / PFC Walt Feret / PFC Dick Schmidt / PFC Bulford Wilard / PFC Wyatt Wiley
(note: Cameron and Gray were granted their WW2 RAAF commissions after the incident, mainly for repatriation / pension purposes as they were on Defence duty at the time of the loss)