MATHESON, Duncan
| Service Number: | 2161 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 3 Air Observers School Port Pirie |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 August 1906 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, 25 May 1942, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Alice Springs Memorial Cemetery, Northern Territory Plot M. Row A. Grave 4, Alice Springs Cemetery, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 2161 | |
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| 10 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 3 Air Observers School Port Pirie | |
| 10 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 2161 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of George Cowie Matheson and Lily Matheson
Husband of Mabel Matheson of Brisbane, Queensland
Douglas DC-2-243 (VH-CCA #38-505) US Army Transport aircraft operated by the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron of the 374th Transport Carrier Group crashed at Alice Springs, NT
2 RAAF personnel killed - Leading Aircraftman James Emanuel Skillen 2669 & Flight Lieutenant Duncan Matheson 2161
7 USAAF casualties - Sergeant Rolfe M. Smith 17025104 / 2nd Lieutenant William A. O'Neill (0-425102) USAFIA / 2nd Lieutenant Russell L. Callison (0-402883) / Private Martin J. Law 14061708 (crew). Passengers: 2nd Lieutenant Aubrey Lawless Tobias (0-409780) / 2nd Lieutenant James R. Costello O-410903 / Private Bobby J. McCrorey 6959243
(incident covered in book “Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII - Volume 1” by Robert H. Kelly)
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