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MCBRIDE, Keith Martin
Personal Details
Service Number: | 407441 |
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Enlisted: | 12 October 1940, Adelaide |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Burra, South Australia, 15 September 1917 |
Home Town: | Lucindale, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia |
Schooling: | Prince Alfred College and University of Adelaide, South Australia |
Occupation: | Pastoralist |
Died: | AIr combat operations, Gambut Satellite No. 1 Airstrip, Tobruk, Libya, Middle East, 23 February 1942, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya 1. G. 37. |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 450 Squadron R.A.A.F. Roll of Honour, Lucindale War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
12 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 407441, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide | |
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12 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407441 | |
7 Dec 1940: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman | |
29 May 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant | |
13 Dec 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407441, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF), Libya/North Africa | |
13 Dec 1941: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) | |
23 Feb 1942: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407441, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF), K.I.A. | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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