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Leading Aircraftman Irwin Jack Shaw

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Leading Aircraftman Irwin Jack Shaw Veteran

Birth
Campsie, Canterbury-Bankstown Council, New South Wales, Australia
Death
19 May 1942 (aged 27)
Quebec, Canada
Burial
Métis Beach, Bas-Saint-Laurent Region, Quebec, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Lot 34. Grave 2.
Memorial ID
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Leading Aircraftman Irwin Jack Shaw 413494 Royal Australian Air Force - Date of Enlistment 17 Aug 1941

Son of John Henry and Emelie Shaw

Husband of Kathleen Mary Shaw of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

Killed in the loss of Fairey Battle aircraft 2022 of 9 Bombing & Gunnery School RCAF Mont Joli, Quebec near St Luce, Quebec - aircraft crashed at high speed during a training exercise over the shore of the St Lawrence River, a few miles from the school. Eye witnesses stated that the engine of the aircraft appeared to catch fire.

Crew: Pilot Officer Arthur Francis HALAMKA (Pilot) C/7558 RCAF (from Milwaukee) / Leading Aircraftman Kenneth George WEAL 413287 RNZAF (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner trainee) / Corporal Clarence James ROOKE R/120501 RCAF (Instructor) / Leading Aircraftman Irwin Jack SHAW 413494 Royal Australian Air Force
Leading Aircraftman Irwin Jack Shaw 413494 Royal Australian Air Force - Date of Enlistment 17 Aug 1941

Son of John Henry and Emelie Shaw

Husband of Kathleen Mary Shaw of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

Killed in the loss of Fairey Battle aircraft 2022 of 9 Bombing & Gunnery School RCAF Mont Joli, Quebec near St Luce, Quebec - aircraft crashed at high speed during a training exercise over the shore of the St Lawrence River, a few miles from the school. Eye witnesses stated that the engine of the aircraft appeared to catch fire.

Crew: Pilot Officer Arthur Francis HALAMKA (Pilot) C/7558 RCAF (from Milwaukee) / Leading Aircraftman Kenneth George WEAL 413287 RNZAF (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner trainee) / Corporal Clarence James ROOKE R/120501 RCAF (Instructor) / Leading Aircraftman Irwin Jack SHAW 413494 Royal Australian Air Force


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  • Created by: DCB
  • Added: May 27, 2018
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190133091/irwin_jack-shaw: accessed ), memorial page for Leading Aircraftman Irwin Jack Shaw (5 Sep 1914–19 May 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 190133091, citing Metis Beach Cemetery, Métis Beach, Bas-Saint-Laurent Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by DCB (contributor 49565515).