John Murdoch CAMPBELL

CAMPBELL, John Murdoch

Service Number: 426532
Enlisted: 18 July 1942
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 457 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Roma, Queensland, 15 February 1922
Home Town: Roma, Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 6 October 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory
Plot D, Row C, Grave 2 Roll of Honour Roma, Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 426532
18 Jul 1942: Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
18 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426532, No. 457 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography

457 Squadron. Plane was Wirraway A20-643. Crashed during test flight at 16.20 Hours.  Marrakai Homestead, Northern Territory, Australia

Rank - Ft/Sgt

Son of Harry Murdoch Campbell and Winifred Jean Campbell, of Wyambeh, Queensland

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Wirraway A20-643 of Number 457 Squadron RAAF crashed north-east of Marakai Homestead, NT killing Flight Sergeant John Murdoch Campbell 426532 & Sergeant Francis Robinson Broadbent 15432