COLLINS, John William Fitzclarence
| Service Number: | 5611 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 March 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | RAAF HQ (Archerfield) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 March 1906 |
| Home Town: | Beaudesert, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Oxford University, England |
| Occupation: | Pastoralist / Grazier |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Archerfield Airfield, Queensland, Australia, 21 May 1941, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mundoolun Private Cemetery, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beaudesert War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
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| 21 May 1941: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 5611, RAAF HQ (Archerfield) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Lieutenant Collins 5611 and Squadron Leader Phillipps 860 of Number 2 Elementary Flying Training School (2EFTS), RAAF Base Amberley were killed in the loss of C-17B Staggerwing aircraft registration VH-UYI
The aircraft crashed while taking off from Archerfield Airfield, Queensland - it caught fire when it hit a tree about 580 yards outside the south west corner of the airfield, killing both occupants.
The aircraft was owned by FLTLT Collins who was a grazier of Nindoonbah property near Beaudesert in southern Queensland
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of William COLLINS and Mary Adelaide Gwendoline ROBERTS
He married Margaret Eleanor HAGON in Sydney on 12th September, 1933 - 4 children, John William, Dorothea, Beryl & Jannette
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