Michael James DESMOND

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DESMOND, Michael James

Service Number:	25292
Enlisted:	13 March 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	RAAF East Sale
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 29 September 1916
Home Town:	Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Permanent RAAF
Died:	Aircraft accident, Amberley aerodrome, Queensland Australia, 19 February 1948, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 79 61
Memorials:	Lincoln Bomber Crash Amberley 1948, Pittsworth 'Enlisted and Returned' Honour Board

World War 2 Service

13 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 25292, RAAF East Sale
19 Feb 1948:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 25292, RAAF East Sale

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

The disaster was a routine training flight. Sgt Michael Desmond was a passenger on the Amberley-based aircraft that went to Laverton and he was on his way back to Amberley.

Like many Australians he had enlisted at the fall of Singapore in 1941. He served as wireless operator in the RAAF, serving in New Guinea.

For that fateful flight he was a passenger, coming home to be discharged the next day.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

On the 19th of February 1948 Lincoln aircraft A73-11 of Number 12 Squadron (82 Wing) crashed on landing at Amberley aerodrome in Queensland killing all on board - 6 crew and 10 passengers -

WILLIAMS, Eric Ellis (Flight Lieutenant) 423963 DFC

WELSH, Frederick Leslie (Warrant Officer) 410769

KOBELKE, Norman Henry (Flight Lieutenant) 404343 DFC

GIBSON, Kenneth Alfred (Warrant Officer) 439649

KENNERLY, Leslie Thomas (Warrant Officer) 436854

WELFARE, Thomas Walter (Warrant Officer) 437239

TAGGART, William John (Flight Lieutenant) 413041 DFC

MULCAHY, Bryan Stanley (Flight Lieutenant) 428279 DFC

GARDNER, Walter Greenough (Flight Lieutenant) 405731 DFC

GIBB, John James (Flight Lieutenant) 428597

FRANKLIN, Mostyn Lloyd (Flight Lieutenant) 406214 DFM (21SQN)

RYANHART, Sydney John (Flight Lieutenant) 14941 (21SQN)

SMITH, Robert Bruce (Warrant Officer) 19667 (21SQN)

DESMOND, Michael James (Sergeant) 25292 (ESL)

BERNARD, Arthur Dudley (Corporal) 64045 (3AD)

WORLAND, Robert Arthur John (Leading Aircraftman) 170963 (3AD) (Q232680 WW2)

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