CAMERON, Douglas Alexander
Service Number: | 39455 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 226 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Professional Air Force Office pre war |
Died: | AIrcraft lost during Blitzkrieg offensive, Diekirch, Luxembourg, 10 May 1940, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Diekirch Communal Cemetery The only Commonwealth war grave in this cemetery, Diekirch Communal Cemetery, Diekirch |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Air Force , Flying Officer, 39455, No. 226 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Detached to RAF on a short service commission. Killed in action during the Nazi Blitzkrieg campaign |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Gordon Douglas Cameron and Amelia Emily Jessie Cameron of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Husband of Jessie Taylor Cameron (nee Rennie) of Scotland
Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Douglas Alexander Cameron graduated as a pilot from Point Cook in 1937 and was transferred from the RAAF to the RAF on a short-term commission (RAF Service Number 39455)
KIA over France (Diekuch Aasf Area) while on operations with RAF 226 Squadron flying Fairey Battle light bombers as part of the Advanced Air Striking Force during the Battle of France
(NB: another Point Cook graduate in the RAF, FLTLT Blom 39453 of 150SQN, received a DFC for his actions during a Fairey Battle attack in Luxembourg early in May 1940)