David Julius Irwin MACLEOD

MACLEOD, David Julius Irwin

Service Numbers: 436836, WX30452
Enlisted: 18 July 1942
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: General Reconnaissance School Bairnsdale
Born: Perth, WA, 14 January 1923
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental, Rosedale, Vic., Rosedale, Victoria, Australia, 24 February 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Bairnsdale War Cemetery, Victoria
A C 6, Bairnsdale War Cemetery, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 2, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 436836
18 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX30452
8 May 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 436836, General Reconnaissance School Bairnsdale

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Julius Farquhar Wallac MACLEOD and Barbara Darley nee IRWIN

Crew member of an Avro Anson involved in an accident at Rosedale. The aircraft could not land due to bad weather and was forced to seek an alternative landing site when it ran out of fuel.