John Edward MACLEOD

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MACLEOD, John Edward

Service Number:	416591
Enlisted:	21 July 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 76 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	North Adelaide, South Australia, 1 May 1921
Home Town:	North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Police Officer
Died:	Prisoner of War - Executed by the Japanese, Netherlands East Indies, 19 December 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
Memorials:	Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Glen Osmond St Saviour's Anglican Church Memorial Stained Glass Windows & Plaques, Thebarton S.A. Police Roll of Honor Supreme Sacrifice

World War 2 Service

21 Jul 1941:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 416591
21 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
21 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 416591
19 Dec 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 416591, No. 76 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant John Edward MacLeod 416591 of 76SQN RAAF was hit by AA fire in Kittyhawk A29-303 during an attack on enemy watercraft and he ditched near Ogar Island in Seckar Bay, New Guinea on the 5th of December 1944

He became a Prisoner of War and was subsequently executed by Japanese personnel at Kokas Island, Netherlands East Indies on the 19th of December 1944

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Alexander Norman and Mary Ellen Macleod; husband of Lesley Catherine Macleod, of Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia. Royal Humane Society Medal.

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