Alexander James COTO

COTO, Alexander James

    Service Number: 408631
    Enlisted: 22 May 1941
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale
    Born: Koroit, Victoria, Australia, 30 June 1909
    Home Town: Heidelberg, Banyule, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Aircraft accident, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 27 August 1942, aged 33 years
    Cemetery: Sale Public Cemetery
    Presbyterian Plot Row B. Grave 25, Sale Public Cemetery, Sale, Victoria, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 408631
    22 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale
    22 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 408631

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of Daniel Samuel and Ethel Louise Coto

    Husband of Mary Isobel Coto of Heidelberg, Victoria

     

    RAAF 1OTU Beaufort aircraft A9-85 collided in mid-air with A9-88 and crashed 5 miles northwest of Bairnsdale, Victoria. Beaufort A9-88 crash landed, all crew safe.

     

    Crew of A9-85 - killed: SGT Alexander James Coto 408631 (pilot) / SGT Alan William Baxter 409372 (navigator) / SGT Keith Goodfellow 409301 (WAG) / SGT Edwin Raymond McMullen 409431 (WAG)

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