David Leslie MACPHERSON

MACPHERSON, David Leslie

Service Number: 408910
Enlisted: 10 October 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 12 May 1920
Home Town: Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling: Geelong Grammar School, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Jackeroo
Died: Flying Battle, Northern Territory, Australia, 4 February 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
R.C.10.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 408910
10 Oct 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units
10 Oct 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 408910
4 Feb 1943: Involvement Sergeant, No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Leslie Mitchell and Lucilla Maude Macpherson of Toorak, Victoria

 

Three members of the RAAF were killed when Mitchell B25 Bomber N5-132 of Number 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron crashed after take-off on an early morning mission 3 miles NW of MacDonald Strip, NT (details from the book “Up in Darwin with the Dutch” by Gordon Wallace)

Sergeant David Leslie MacPherson 408910

Sergeant Harold Oscar Walton 408894 (passed away from his injuries at 119AGH just after midnight)

LAC Max Temby Palamountain 39854

Rest of the crew were Dutch military personnel, all killed: SCHALK, L (Sergeant Major) 34-KUM / HIELE, C (Sergeant) 95845 / JANSSEN, J J (Sergeant) 92766 / MAARSCHALKEWEERD, A (Sergeant) 94733 / ABELEVEN, G F (Sergeant) 94685 / KESSELS, NW (Sergeant Major) 92875

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