Irwin Jack SHAW

SHAW, Irwin Jack

    Service Number: 413494
    Enlisted: 17 August 1941
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: Aircrew Training Units
    Born: Campsie, New South Wales, Australia, 5 September 1914
    Home Town: Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Quebec, Canada, 19 May 1942, aged 27 years
    Cemetery: Metis Beach (United Church) Cemetery, Metis-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement 413494
    17 Aug 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 413494, Aircrew Training Units
    17 Aug 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 413494

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Leading Aircraftman Irwin Jack Shaw 413494 was killed in the loss of Fairey Battle 2022 from Number 9 Bombing & Gunnery School RCAF - the aircraft crashed at high speed during a training exercise over the shore of the St Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada

    Also killed were Pilot Officer (Pilot) Arthur Francis Halamka C/7558 RCAF (from Milwaukee) / LAC Kenneth George Weal 413287 RNZAF (wireless operator-air gunner trainee) / Corporal Clarence James Rooke R/120501 RCAF (Instructor)

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