TUOHY, Colin Keith
Service Number: | 48584 |
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Enlisted: | 26 May 1942 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 80 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Telowie, South Australia, 17 June 1923 |
Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
26 May 1942: | Involvement 48584, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
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26 May 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
26 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 48584 | |
15 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 48584, No. 80 Squadron (RAAF) | |
26 Mar 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
LAC Colin Keith Tuohy 48584 was one of 5 Airmen from 80SQN who were shot by Japanese snipers on Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea on the 15th of July 1944 - he was seriously injured but survived and was discharged from the RAAF in 1946
The other 4 men were killed in the incident - LAC Keith John Jones 70683 / LAC Ian McGregor Wilson 70714 / LAC Percy Kevin Watterson 77200 / LAC John Anderson Phillips 69659