CAMPBELL, John Samuel McClelland
| Service Number: | 415227 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia, 10 February 1923 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia, 6 August 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT D.A.14. , Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 415227 | |
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| 17 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units | |
| 17 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 415227 | |
| 6 Aug 1944: | Involvement Warrant Officer, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Mitchell A47-13 of Number 2 Squadron crashed near Adelaide River, NT while on a bombing training exercise
6 crewmen were killed (5 RAAF / 1 RAF - Flying Officer Kenneth Joseph Hadley 131581 Royal Air Force of 549SQN) and there was one survivor: the pilot - Flight Lieutenant Stanley Davies 415512 who was discharged from the RAAF 13 August 1945
Killed were:
Warrant Officer Arthur Keith Griesbach 415321 - son of Horst and Annie Esther Griesbach & Husband of Veronica Esther Griesbach of Inglewood, WA
Warrant Officer John Samuel McClelland Campbell 415227 - son of Samuel and Jean Campbell of Westonia, WA
Sergeant Frederick Hugh Conaghan 433289 - son of Joseph Vincent and Elsie May Conaghan of Rozelle, NSW
Flying Officer David Gethen Lane 416434 - son of Edwin and Gertrude Alice Lane of Marryatville, SA (passed away from his injuries on the 8th of August)
Pilot Officer Arthur Keith Buckland 7010 - son of Arthur Harold and Amy Louisa Buckland of Mount Hawthorn, WA (passed away from his injuries on the 19th of August)
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