LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Charles Archibald McCOLL
Service No: 421816
Born: Grenfell NSW, 24 June 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 28 March 1942
Unit: No. 7 Wireless Unit, Strathpine QLD
Died: Ground Accident, Brisbane QLD, 2 May 1945, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Brisbane (Lutwyche) Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles and Lucy Phoebe Louise McColl, of Kelso, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Grenfell NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 2 May 1945, Leading Aircraftman McColl, a Telegraphist, obtained a ride in a US Army truck that went over an embankment in Zillmere Road near Apsley, Brisbane. Leading Aircraftman McColl was thrown from the truck and killed in the accident, while others were injured.
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, 166/26/910