Colin Alfred COLES

COLES, Colin Alfred

    Service Number: 404953
    Enlisted: 5 January 1941
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: Aircrew Training Units
    Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 March 1919
    Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Saskatchewan, Canada, 1 December 1941, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: Humboldt (Municipal) Cemetery, Humboldt, Canada
    Soldiers Plot - Row 2 - Grave 12
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coorparoo Presbyterian Memorial Church WW2 Honour Roll
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement 404953
    5 Jan 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 404953, Aircrew Training Units
    5 Jan 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 404953

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Fairey Battle training aircraft 2067 (RAF L5337) from Number 5 Bombing and Gunnery School RCAF crashed on the ice on Quill Lake five miles from the Dafoe aerodrome in Saskatchewan, Canada killing:

    Leading Aircraftman Colin Alfred Coles 404953 RAAF

    Leading Aircraftman Ronald Kenneth Crothers 411126 RAAF

    Sergeant Joseph Leandre Gilles Cote R/56362 RCAF

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