TAYLOR, Malcolm John
Service Number: | 418772 |
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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 |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 418772 | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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)