~~~Pilot Officer Campbell Alexander MORRISON, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two.~~~~
Parents:--- Robert Henry Morrison and Clarice May Haydon married, 1908 inWarracknabeal, Victoria
Wife:--- Joyce Grace Jeans married 14th June 1941at Holy Trinity Church, Balaclava, Victoria.
RAAF Service Number:--- 430188
Home Town:--- Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 1st January 1943 Melbourne, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Pilot Officer
Final Unit:--- HQ North Eastern Area Command (RAAF).
Fate:--- Died in flying accident, Jaggan, Queensland, 14th January 1944.
Burial:--- Atherton War Cemetery, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia.
Memorials:---Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Roll of Honour:--- St Kilda, Victoria
Details of final flight:--- At 0830 hours on 14 January 1944, Boomerang A46-49 took off to carry out an altitude test. At 1000 hours the aircraft ran out of fuel and forced landed on the side of a road at Juggan. On landing, the aircraft struck a stump and overturned killing Pilot Officer Morrison. The accident was assessed as the result of Pilot error in switching on to the belly tank instead of the starboard tank when the port tank ran out of fuel as a belly tank was not attached to the aircraft.
Parents:--- Robert Henry Morrison and Clarice May Haydon married, 1908 inWarracknabeal, Victoria
Wife:--- Joyce Grace Jeans married 14th June 1941at Holy Trinity Church, Balaclava, Victoria.
RAAF Service Number:--- 430188
Home Town:--- Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 1st January 1943 Melbourne, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Pilot Officer
Final Unit:--- HQ North Eastern Area Command (RAAF).
Fate:--- Died in flying accident, Jaggan, Queensland, 14th January 1944.
Burial:--- Atherton War Cemetery, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia.
Memorials:---Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Roll of Honour:--- St Kilda, Victoria
Details of final flight:--- At 0830 hours on 14 January 1944, Boomerang A46-49 took off to carry out an altitude test. At 1000 hours the aircraft ran out of fuel and forced landed on the side of a road at Juggan. On landing, the aircraft struck a stump and overturned killing Pilot Officer Morrison. The accident was assessed as the result of Pilot error in switching on to the belly tank instead of the starboard tank when the port tank ran out of fuel as a belly tank was not attached to the aircraft.
~~~Pilot Officer Campbell Alexander MORRISON, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two.~~~~
Parents:--- Robert Henry Morrison and Clarice May Haydon married, 1908 inWarracknabeal, Victoria
Wife:--- Joyce Grace Jeans married 14th June 1941at Holy Trinity Church, Balaclava, Victoria.
RAAF Service Number:--- 430188
Home Town:--- Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 1st January 1943 Melbourne, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Pilot Officer
Final Unit:--- HQ North Eastern Area Command (RAAF).
Fate:--- Died in flying accident, Jaggan, Queensland, 14th January 1944.
Burial:--- Atherton War Cemetery, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia.
Memorials:---Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Roll of Honour:--- St Kilda, Victoria
Details of final flight:--- At 0830 hours on 14 January 1944, Boomerang A46-49 took off to carry out an altitude test. At 1000 hours the aircraft ran out of fuel and forced landed on the side of a road at Juggan. On landing, the aircraft struck a stump and overturned killing Pilot Officer Morrison. The accident was assessed as the result of Pilot error in switching on to the belly tank instead of the starboard tank when the port tank ran out of fuel as a belly tank was not attached to the aircraft.
Parents:--- Robert Henry Morrison and Clarice May Haydon married, 1908 inWarracknabeal, Victoria
Wife:--- Joyce Grace Jeans married 14th June 1941at Holy Trinity Church, Balaclava, Victoria.
RAAF Service Number:--- 430188
Home Town:--- Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 1st January 1943 Melbourne, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Pilot Officer
Final Unit:--- HQ North Eastern Area Command (RAAF).
Fate:--- Died in flying accident, Jaggan, Queensland, 14th January 1944.
Burial:--- Atherton War Cemetery, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia.
Memorials:---Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Roll of Honour:--- St Kilda, Victoria
Details of final flight:--- At 0830 hours on 14 January 1944, Boomerang A46-49 took off to carry out an altitude test. At 1000 hours the aircraft ran out of fuel and forced landed on the side of a road at Juggan. On landing, the aircraft struck a stump and overturned killing Pilot Officer Morrison. The accident was assessed as the result of Pilot error in switching on to the belly tank instead of the starboard tank when the port tank ran out of fuel as a belly tank was not attached to the aircraft.
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