MCLEOD, Murdo
| Service Number: | 406943 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Inverness, Scotland, 13 March 1919 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Fremantle Boys School (1931-34) Fremantle Technical College, Western Australia (1936) |
| Occupation: | Panelbeater |
| Died: | Prisoner of War (wounds from Allied bombing raid), Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, France, 11 September 1943, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France Plot 3. Row D. Grave 1. Local Roll of Honour - Fremantle, WA, Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 406943 | |
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| 26 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 406943, No. 5 Initial Training School Pearce | |
| 26 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 406943, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 8 Jan 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant | |
| 12 May 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406943, Emb. Melbourne for Egypt | |
| 8 Jul 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant | |
| 22 Jul 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406943, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre | |
| 8 Jul 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 3 Aug 1943: | Imprisoned Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, Captured in Italy and transferred to German POW camp France |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Warrant Officer McLeod 406943 of 3SQN was shot down in Kittyhawk FL309 on the 3rd of August 1943 while performing a ground attack role against enemy transport in the Randazzo / Zaffarana area (Maletto and Bronte) of Sicily
His aircraft was hit by intense light anti-aircraft fire (flak) near Mount Etna but he was able to crash-land his aircraft and became a Prisoner of War
From there he was taken to the French mainland and held at the German base at Istres - which was unfortunately the target for an Allied bombing campaign launched on 17 August 1943
Doc McLeod received severe burns and died at a German Military Hospital in Arles, France
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