MENGEL, Colin Eric
| Service Number: | 434468 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 December 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 29 July 1924 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mackay Public School; Queensland University, Brisbane |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Aldekirk, Germany, North West Europe, 23 September 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Collective grave, Row H, Sites 9-15, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 434468 | |
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| 4 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434468, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
| 4 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434468, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Arthur and Jane May Mengel of Mackay, QLD
Plane was Lancaster NG 116 which was hit by anti - aircraft fire at about 10.30pm and exploded mid-air
School subjects passed - English, French, Geography, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Bookkeeping, Steno-typing
In December 1937 he passed a scholarship examination for the Queensland University passing in the subjects English, Mathmatics, Geography and History wih an average mark of 71.4%.
From April 1940 to November 1940 he studied Bookkeeping and Accounting in the evenings at the Queensland Universsity passing with at Credit
Sports played were Cricket, Football, Swimming, Tennis