Colin Vivian CANTOR

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CANTOR, Colin Vivian

Service Number:	411861
Enlisted:	21 June 1941
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 19 April 1914
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 17 June 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 411861
21 Jun 1941:	Enlisted No. 2 Recruitng Sect.
21 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 411861
17 Jun 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)

Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-132 of Number 6 Squadron was reported missing on an operational flight from Hughes Airfield, Darwin - all crew killed:

Pilot Officer Gordon Robert Crawford 403802

Sergeant Maurice McGuire 401137

Pilot Officer Colin Vivian Cantor 411861

Pilot Officer Brian Ernest Long 403888

Sergeant Lawrence Rex Hayward 411908

(USAAF info from Baugher - Aircraft A16-132 was built as 41-23202 - MIA in Timor Sea after engine failure)

All crew are commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT

Biography

13 Squadron

Rank - Pilot Officer

Son of Dr. Stanley Jacob Cantor and Evelyn Maud Cantor, of Kew, Victoria.

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