KERRIGAN, Michael John
| Service Number: | 434528 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 December 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 9 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia , 27 April 1917 |
| Home Town: | Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Prisoner of War, Reserve Lazarette, Leipzig-Wahren, Germany, 22 March 1945, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 434528 | |
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| 22 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434528 | |
| 14 Jan 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434528, No. 9 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Lancaster NN722 of 9SQN RAF was shot down near Leuna, Merseburg, Germany on the 14th of January 1945
Flight Sergeant Michael John Kerrigan 434528 RAAF survived and became a Prisoner of War but died on the 22nd of March 1945 in Leipzig, Germany from complications following amputation of his leg
All other crewmen were killed in the crash:
Flight Sergeant John Erskine Brown MacLean 434641 RAAF
Flying Officer Kenneth Alan Cook 418227 RAAF
Flight Sergeant Maurice James McNamara 429719 RAAF
Flight Sergeant Bruce Cowper MacKnight 428879 RAAF
Sergeant Howard Taylor 3011426 RAF
Flight Sergeant Robert Watt 1579768 RAF