Eric Oliver MCMICHAEL

MCMICHAEL, Eric Oliver

Service Number: 33542
Enlisted: 30 August 1940
Last Rank: Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 450 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 8 April 1911
Home Town: Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Ground Accident), Sidi Heneish, Middle East, 22 March 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 450 Squadron R.A.A.F. Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 33542
30 Aug 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 33542, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF)
30 Aug 1940: Enlisted 33542, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

AC Eric Oliver McMichael 33542 - a member of the 450SQN ground crew - received an accidental gun-shot wound due to the discharge of a captured German sub-machine gun at Sidi Heneish in the  Middle East

The incident is referred to in "Memoirs of 450 (RAAF) SQN" by Leonard Barton & “RAAF Ground Staff of the Desert Air Force Squadrons” by E.S. Johnston