Donald James MACPHERSON

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MACPHERSON, Donald James

Service Number:	110
Enlisted:	15 July 1935
Last Rank:	Wing Commander
Last Unit:	RAAF Overseas HQ
Born:	Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia, 20 July 1914
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Ground Battle, At sea - Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda, Bermuda, Caribbean, 2 April 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

15 Jul 1935:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 110, RAAF Point Cook
15 Jul 1935:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, 110
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Wing Commander, 110
2 Apr 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, 110, RAAF Overseas HQ, Battle of the Atlantic - RAN and RAAF Operations

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Wing Commander Donald James MacPherson 110 of RAAF Overseas Headquarters in London was aboard the Blue Star Line merchant ship MV Melbourne Star which was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda

83 Crew, 6 RN Gunners, 5 RANVR Officers and 23 Passengers were lost with this merchant ship. One of the passengers was possibly the wife of Wing Commander MacPherson: Pamela Yvonne MacPherson also of Kew, Victoria - Age 21

all names available from web-site: http://www.melbournestar.co.uk/Memorial.html

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