Ian Stewart MCCALLUM

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MCCALLUM, Ian Stewart

Service Number:	413226
Enlisted:	16 August 1941
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 23 September 1922
Home Town:	Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Timor, 19 July 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT D.A.8., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 413226
16 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units
16 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 413226
19 Jul 1944:	Involvement Warrant Officer, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of William Stewart McCallum and Ellen Austin McCallum of Goulburn, NSW

Warrant Officer Ian Stewart McCallum 413226 was the only casualty when Mitchell B25 A47-15 of Number 2 Squadron was hit by Anti-Aircraft fire while attacking enemy shipping near Dili (Sawoe Sea), Timor

Survivors (with varying injuries): Pilot Officer Arthur John Albert Pierce 414595 (Pilot) / Warrant Officer Sydney Patrick Allen Ryan 416233 / Warrant Officer Victor Adolph Colin Muir 413224

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