MCCOLL, Lindsay James Sutherland
| Service Number: | 405796 |
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| 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 Plot A. Row A. Grave 17. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 405796 | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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