Lindsay James Sutherland MCCOLL

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MCCOLL, Lindsay James Sutherland

Service Number:	405796
Enlisted:	20 June 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	5 Communication Unit RAAF (Garbutt)
Born:	Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia, 9 July 1920
Home Town:	Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Aircraft accident, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, 7 March 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Cairns War Cemetery, Queensland Plot A. Row A. Grave 17.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Freshwater Crash of De Havilland Dragon Memorial Plaque

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 405796
20 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units
20 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 405796
7 Mar 1943:	Involvement Sergeant, 5 Communication Unit RAAF (Garbutt)

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Lindsay Gordon and Susan Gibson McColl, of Goondiwindi.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

De Havilland Dragon A34-24 was on hire from McRobertson and Muir Airways of the Northern Territory and was being used for courier work around far north Queensland by RAAF Number 5 Communications Flight when it crashed in the Jigol Peak area in Freshwater Gorge near Cairns (Crystal Cascade) during a flight from Cairns to Mareeba

Killed were:

Sergeant Lindsay James Sutherland McColl, pilot, 405796

Brigadier John Crawford NX378 DSO Commander of 11 Brigade

Lieutenant Arthur William Morris of the 26th Battalion NX145684

Two seriously injured survivors were found four days after the crash wandering around in the bush: Lieutenant Colonel Philip Heathcote George Cardale NX483 of the 31st Battalion / Australian Army Staff Corps (discharged April 1947)

Aircraftman Ronald Henry Appleby 412876 RAAF crewman (discharged March 1946)

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