James Francis MACDOUGALL

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MACDOUGALL, James Francis

Service Numbers:	NX204635, N467417, NX177026
Enlisted:	11 March 1942
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Mechanical Equipment Company/ies
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 26 December 1920
Home Town:	Mayfield East, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Certificate for entry to Secondary School
Occupation:	Mechanical Engineering Staff Trainee
Died:	Aircraft Accident , Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 19 September 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 8. Row B. Collective Grave.1-25. Inscription: "MEMORIES ARE MORE MEANINGFUL THAN GRIEF"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dakota Transport A65-61

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sapper, NX204635
11 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N467417, 32nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
14 Dec 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX177026
3 Oct 1944:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX204635
18 Sep 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, NX204635, Mechanical Equipment Company/ies, Posted to 5 Mechanical Equipment Company. Died when Dakota A65-61 crashed near Merauke, Dutch New Guinea while on a mission to evacuate wounded servicemen to Australia - the RAAF crew of 10 and the 19 soldiers on board were all killed in the accident.

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Dakota A65-61 (VH-CUT) from 38SQN crashed near Merauke, Dutch NG while on a mission to evacuate wounded servicemen to Australia - the RAAF crew of 10 and the 19 soldiers on board were all killed in the accident. The wreckage of the aircraft was discovered in 1970 with the remains of those killed interred in Bomana Cemetery

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