LEST WE FORGET
Squadron Leader Malcolm Carroll BURNS
Service No: 271331
Born: 29 October 1912, Location Unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date Unavailable
Unit: No. 2 Squadron, Batchelor NT
Died: Air Operations: (No. 2 Squadron Hudson aircraft A16-169), Timoeka, New Guinea, 3 April 1943, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Malcolm Stuart Burns and Eileen Patricia Burns; husband of Frances Carrol Burns, of East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. A.F.I.A. A.F.C.A.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 3 April 1943, Hudson A16-169 was shot down by ground fire while strafing enemy positions at Timoeka, New Guinea. The five crew members who were all killed were:
Squadron Leader Malcolm Carroll Burns (271331) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Alan Arthur Dean (404328) (Navigator)
Sergeant Robert James Johnstone (410073) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Kelvin Jones (410240) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Leslie Richard Jope (400434) (Gunnery Leader)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/21/21
Bibliography:
Bennett, J. (John William) Highest Traditions: the history of No. 2 Squadron RAAF, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992