Lindsay Alfred James DANN

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DANN, Lindsay Alfred James

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Service Number:	401918
Enlisted:	26 April 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 4 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 27 August 1916
Home Town:	Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic, White Hills Service Station
Died:	Flying Accident, Alexishaven, New Guinea, 26 April 1944, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot N. Row A. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING I REMEMBER HIM"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 401918
26 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 401918, No. 4 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Boomerang aircraft A46-119 and A46-148 were involved in a mid-air collision with both aircraft crashing in the Alexishaven area of New Guinea (near Finistere Range) - both pilots were killed:

Flying Officer Lindsay Alfred James Dann 401918 (Boomerang A46-119)

Flying Officer Keith Hindmarsh 405735 (Boomerang A46-148)

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