NOTT, Colin Archibald
| Service Number: | 9358 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | No. 9 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Roma, Queensland, Australia, 25 July 1914 |
| Home Town: | Hill End, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith / Engraver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Dutch East Indies, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery, Yandina War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 9358, Laverton, Victoria | |
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| 26 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 9358 | |
| 1 Mar 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 9358, No. 9 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Six members of Number 9 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron RAAF based at Rathmines were deployed aboard HMAS Perth to fly and maintain the ship's aircraft, when the ship was sunk in Sunda Strait on the 1st of March 1942 three of them were killed and they are commemorated on the Singapore Memorial - Sergeant Harold Sparks 3635 / Corporal Phillip Ernest Will 9030 / Corporal Colin Archibald Nott 9358
Leading Aircraftman Ernest George Toe 40613 survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and became a POW of the Japanese; he died in the Far East following the sinking of the Transport Ship Rakuyo Maru - 12/09/1944 (commemorated on the Singapore Memorial - Column 444)
Flight Lieutenant Allen Vernon McDonough 407008 (discharged from the RAAF in January 1946) and Warrant Officer Ronald Adolphus Bradshaw 17357 (discharged from the RAAF in July 1946) survived.
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