CHISHOLM, Robert William Tylden
| Service Number: | 408563 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 11 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Warburton, Victoria, Australia, 31 December 1916 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft Accident, Archerfield Airfield, Queensland, Australia , Amberley, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 27 March 1943, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 75 55, Lutwyche Cemetery, Lutwyche, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 408563 | |
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| 27 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 408563, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
NO SURVIVORS OF PLANE
DISASTER HERE;
DEATH-ROLL 23
'TWENTY-THREE service personnel, including three members of the W.A.A.F., were killed when a Royal Australian Air Force transport air- craft crashed near Brisbane early on Saturday morning. There were no survivors The aircraft was on a flight from Brisbane to Sydney, and crashed into heavy timber soon after taking off in the dark. It was destroyed. Of the 23 killed 17 were members of the R.A.A.F., one was an Australian Army officer, and two were U.S. Army officers.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Charles Robert Tylden Chisholm and Emma Lillian Chisholm of Warburton, Victoria
Douglas DC3 (C-47) VH-CTB, A30-16 (A65-2) of 36 Squadron RAAF Townsville was involved in a fatal accident at Archerfield Aerodrome with a total of all 23 personnel on board killed making this the 10th Worst Air Disaster in Australia (see ozatwar for more info). The crew of four RAAF personnel were killed as were all passengers consisting of 17 Australian and 2 American personnel.
RAAF Personnel:
400454 Flying Officer Alexander Kenn Arnold (pilot) 36 Squadron RAAF
Sergeant Joseph Hammond (co-pilot) 36 Squadron RAAF
Sergeant Lyle Carter Morgan (Wireless Operator) 36 Squadron RAAF
LAC Samuel Ivan Wiles (Fitter) 36 Squadron RAAF
Sergeant John Atherton HQ North Eastern Area, Townsville
LAC Thomas William Beckley 20 Signals Unit, Townsville
Pilot Officer David Andrew Blackley 20 Signals Unit, Townsville
LAC John Edward Chinner 3 Fighter Sector, Townsville
Sergeant Robert William Tylden Chisholm 1 Reserve Personnel Pool, Garbutt
LAC Kevin Francis Flanagan 9 Mobile Fighter Sector, Milne Bay
LAC Charles Paton Eric Fly 12 Signals Unit, Townsville
Sergeant Max Irvenia Thomas Jarvis 28 Radar Finding Unit, Fitzroy Island, Cairns
LAC Terrence Joseph Kelly 12 Signals Unit, Townsville
LAC Kenneth Owen Paton 11 Squadron, RAAF
Pilot Officer Alfred Tatlock 20 Signals Unit, Townsville
LAC Geoffrey Frederick Waters 1 Transport and Movement Office, Sydney
Corporal Thomas Keith McDowell Watt 28 Radar Finding Unit, Fitzroy Island, Cairns
WAAAF Personnel:
Corporal Violet May Gunning WAAAF Brisbane W/T Station
Corporal Ruth Ada Hills WAAAF Brisbane W/T Station
ACW Florence May Jackson WAAAF Brisbane W/T Station
Australian Army Personnel:
Lieutenant Irwin Leo Smith A.C.M.F. 2 L. of C. Sub Area, Australian Headquarters
US Army Personnel: Major Eugene H. Halliwell (0-393127) and 1st Lieutenant Francis M. Skinner (0-430024)
The DC-2's had been allocated the series A30 by the RAAF and when the first DC-3's arrived on the scene they had initially been allocated the same RAAF Series No. This was due to be rectified at a later stage when the A65 Serial No. was allocated to them. Thus VH-CTB was scheduled to be renumbered to A65-2 after 17 April 1943.
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