MACPHERSON, David Leslie
| Service Number: | 408910 |
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| 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, Northern Territory R.C.10. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 408910 | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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