Malcolm John TAYLOR

TAYLOR, Malcolm John

    Service Number: 418772
    Enlisted: 19 June 1942
    Last Rank: Pilot Officer
    Last Unit: No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1923
    Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Peron Islands, Northern Territory, Australia, 4 December 1943, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Panel 8, Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
    Memorials: Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo High School Honour Roll WW2
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 418772
    19 Jun 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
    19 Jun 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 418772, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of Frank Oscar and Ida May Taylor of Bendigo, Victoria

     

    RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-117 of 31 Squadron was engaged in air combat exercises when it crashed into the sea near the Peron Islands, NT - all crew killed:

    Flying Officer Neville Thomas Stubbs 423350 (Pilot)

    Pilot Officer Malcolm John Taylor 418772 (Navigator)

    Leading Aircraftman Horace Stanley Coghlan 59741 (Ground Crew - Flight Rigger)

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