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Military Cross

Pilot Officer CHISHOLM's aircraft was shot down in October, 1941, and he was forced to abandon it by parachute when off the coast of France. He was picked up by a German rescue launch and removed to a prisoner of war camp in Germany. Almost immediately he began to make plans to escape and his first actual escape took place seven months after his capture.

Pilot Officer CHISHOLM, in company with two other prisoners of war, made their way to Czechoslavakia, where they were, however, betrayed by a civilian, from whom they had obtained hospitality, and were subsequently arrested.

A second attempt was made in August, 1942, and was eventually successful. It involved some eighteen months of constant movement, on foot and by rail, in Germany, Czechoslavakia, Poland, Holland, Belgium and France.

During the latter part of his travels, he made contact with various underground movements and eventually joined the FFI and fought with them against the Germans in the streets of Paris until the arrival of the allied army.

Throughout his experiences, Pilot Officer CHISHOLM showed the greatest ingenuity and outstanding courage and determination. His dogged persistence and careful planning were of the highest order.

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National Archives of Australia

Series No.	Control Symbol	Item Title	Digitised Item	Item ID
A9300	CHISHOLM K B	CHISHOLM KEITH BRUCE : Service Number - 402150 : Date of birth - 22 Dec 1918 : Place of birth - SYDNEY NSW : Place of enlistment - SYDNEY : Next of Kin - CHISHOLM M		5375450

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