LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Malcolm Graeme MILNE
Service No: 407586
Born: Glenelg SA, 25 March 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 November 1940
Unit: No. 76 Squadron, Townsville QLD
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 76 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft A29-70), off Townsville, 5 June 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ernest Malcolm and Gladys Milne; husband of Olga Elizabeth Milne, of North Adelaide, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 6, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 102, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 5 June 1942, Kittyhawk A29-70 flown by Flight Sergeant Milne, crashed at sea off Townsville.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/144/177
Bibliography:
Ilbery, P.L.T. (Peter Leslie Thomas) (422957) Hatching an Air Force: 2SFTS, 5SFTS, 1BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga Wagga, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 2002