LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Eric Oliver McMICHAEL
Service No: 33542
Born: Newcastle NSW, 8 April 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 August 1940
Unit: No. 450 Squadron
Died: Ground Accident, Gambut, Egypt, 22 March 1942, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Oliver and Jessie Margaret McMichael, of Georgetown, New South Wales, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 22 March 1942, Aircraftman Class I McMichael, an Aircraft Hand, accidentally shot himself with a German machine gun and died of his wounds.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/141/554