CANTOR, Colin Vivian
| Service Number: | 411861 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 19 April 1914 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 17 June 1942, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 411861 | |
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| 21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted No. 2 Recruitng Sect. | |
| 21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 411861 | |
| 17 Jun 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-132 of Number 6 Squadron was reported missing on an operational flight from Hughes Airfield, Darwin - all crew killed:
Pilot Officer Gordon Robert Crawford 403802
Sergeant Maurice McGuire 401137
Pilot Officer Colin Vivian Cantor 411861
Pilot Officer Brian Ernest Long 403888
Sergeant Lawrence Rex Hayward 411908
(USAAF info from Baugher - Aircraft A16-132 was built as 41-23202 - MIA in Timor Sea after engine failure)
All crew are commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
Biography
13 Squadron
Rank - Pilot Officer
Son of Dr. Stanley Jacob Cantor and Evelyn Maud Cantor, of Kew, Victoria.
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