HAIG, David George
Service Number: | 34331 |
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Enlisted: | 16 October 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Service Flying Training School |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1909 |
Home Town: | Leura, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Meredith, Victoria, Australia, 19 July 1943, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.T.D.7, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 34331 | |
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16 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Service Flying Training School | |
16 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 34331 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of David and Juineta Haig
Husband of Norma Isobel Haig of Leura, NSW
Mid-air collision during formation flying over Durdidwarrah Dam, 7 miles east of Meredith, Victoria between two Oxford training aircraft from 1 Service Flying Training School, Point Cook. All crew involved were killed:
Oxford EB897 - Leading Aircraftmen Alan Kenneth Goyne 428043 & Albert Ian Gumley 418266
Oxford AS909 - Leading Aircraftmen David George Haig 34331 & Noel Irvine Crane 419848