LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Ian Stewart McCALLUM
Service No: 413226
Born: Goulburn NSW, 23 September 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 August 1941
Unit: No. 2 Squadron, Hughes NT
Died: Air Operations: (No. 2 Squadron Mitchell aircraft A47-15), near Dili, Timor, 19 July 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Stewart McCallum and Ellen Austin McCallum, of Goulburn, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Goulburn NSW
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Warrant Officer McCallum was a gunner in Mitchell A47-15 that was hit by ground fire while attacking shipping near Dili. He was killed and two crew members injured, but the aircraft was able to return to Hughes. The crew members of A47-15 were:
Sergeant William James Hensman (431725) (Air Gunner) Uninjured, Discharged from the RAAF: 9 November 1945
Flying Officer Ronald James (17322) (Second Pilot) Uninjured, Discharged from the RAAF: 12 April 1946
Warrant Officer Ian Stewart McCallum (413226) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer Victor Adolph Colin Muir (413224) (Air Gunner) Seriously injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 12 February 1946
Flight Lieutenant Arthur John Albert Pierce (414595) (Pilot) Uninjured, Discharged from the RAAF: 26 May 1948
Warrant Officer Sydney Patrick Allen Ryan (416233) (Navigator Bomb Aimer) Slightly injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 7 December 1945
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 A9845, 1
Bibliography:
Bennett, J. (John William) Highest Traditions: the history of No. 2 Squadron RAAF, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995