LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer James Keith COLLIER
Service No: 407114
Born: Brighton VIC, 7 July 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1940 (at Adelaide SA)
Unit: No. 4 Squadron, Bomana, PNG
Died: Air Operations (No. 4 Squadron Boomerang aircraft A46-88), Nassau Bay, PNG, 5 July 1943, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery, PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of David and Elsie Victoria Margaret Collier, of Glenunga, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Adelaide SA
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
While on a tactical reconnaissance in Nassau Bay, A46-88 was shot down by friendly forces (US Army) and the pilot, Flying Officer Collier, was killed.
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 A9845, 144
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Wirraway, Boomerang and CA-15 in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1991