CAMPBELL, John Murdoch
Service Number: | 426532 |
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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, NT 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 |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 426532 | |
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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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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