John William Fitzclarence COLLINS

COLLINS, John William Fitzclarence

Service Number: 5611
Enlisted: 26 March 1940
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: RAAF HQ (Archerfield)
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 March 1906
Home Town: Beaudesert, Scenic Rim, Queensland
Schooling: Oxford University, England
Occupation: Pastoralist / Grazier
Died: Flying Accident, Archerfield Airfield, Queensland, Australia, 21 May 1941, aged 35 years
Cemetery: Mundoolun Private Cemetery, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beaudesert War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

26 Mar 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
21 May 1941: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 5611, RAAF HQ (Archerfield)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant Collins 5611 and Squadron Leader Phillipps 860 of Number 2 Elementary Flying Training School (2EFTS), RAAF Base Amberley were killed in the loss of C-17B Staggerwing aircraft registration VH-UYI

The aircraft crashed while taking off from Archerfield Airfield, Queensland - it caught fire when it hit a tree about 580 yards outside the south west corner of the airfield, killing both occupants.

The aircraft was owned by FLTLT Collins who was a grazier of Nindoonbah property near Beaudesert in southern Queensland

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of William COLLINS and Mary Adelaide Gwendoline ROBERTS

He married Margaret Eleanor HAGON in Sydney on 12th September, 1933 - 4 children, John William, Dorothea, Beryl & Jannette