MACDIARMID, Colin Shaw
Service Number: | 404345 |
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Enlisted: | 16 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia , 11 July 1916 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | St. Joseph’s College Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (1929-31) |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, Acroma, Libya, Middle East, 30 May 1942, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt. Column 266. Local Roll of Honour- Brisbane Queensland Australia. |
Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 404345 | |
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16 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 404345, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park | |
16 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404345, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) | |
7 Apr 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant | |
27 May 1941: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404345, Emb. Sydney | |
27 Oct 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404345, No. 111 Squadron (RAF) | |
4 Apr 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404345, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant MacDiarmid 404345 in Kittyhawk AL153 of 3SQN was killed when his aircraft was shot down near Acroma in Libya - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt
He was in a group of four aircraft from 3SQN bombing and strafing enemy Motor Transport when they were attacked by a force of German Messerschmitt 109 fighters