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MCMICHAEL, Eric Oliver
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 33542 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 8 April 1911 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Sidi Heneish, Middle East, 22 March 1942, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 450 Squadron R.A.A.F. Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
AC Eric Oliver McMichael 33542 - a member of the 450SQN ground crew - received an accidental gun-shot wound due to the discharge of a captured German sub-machine gun at Sidi Heneish in the Middle East
The incident is referred to in "Memoirs of 450 (RAAF) SQN" by Leonard Barton & “RAAF Ground Staff of the Desert Air Force Squadrons” by E.S. Johnston