Hector Charles MUNRO

MUNRO, Hector Charles

Service Numbers: V446461, 10941
Enlisted: 3 October 1938
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 4 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 24 January 1918
Home Town: Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Flying Battle, At sea - off the New Guinea coast, Off New Guinea, 26 November 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Oct 1938: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V446461
3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 10941
2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 10941, Enlisted at Melbourne
2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 10941, No. 4 Squadron (RAAF)
26 Nov 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 10941, No. 4 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Boomerang aircraft A46-109 and A46-132 from 4SQN RAAF were on a tactical reconnaissance mission with an escort of USAAF P-39 aircraft from the 41st Fighter Squadron when they were engaged in combat by Japanese fighters near the mouth of the Sanga River on the New Guinea coast

Both RAAF pilots were shot down in the ensuing dogfight - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Lae Memorial

Flying Officer Hector Charles Munro 10941 (Boomerang A46-132) -

Flight Sergeant Alan John Salter 414841 (Boomerang A46-109)

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