MAINPRIZE, Maxwell Stanley
Service Numbers: | 449129, 401451 |
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Enlisted: | 24 January 1939, Royal Melbourne Regiment |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 40 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia., 2 May 1918 |
Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Northcote High School & Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Accountant |
Died: | Illness, Bowral Private Hospital, Bowral, New South Wales, 2 January 2000, aged 81 years |
Cemetery: |
Saint Simon and Saint Judes Church, Bowral, New South Wales, Australia Columbarium 2 |
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Biography contributed
Maxwell Stanley MAINPRIZE was born in Neutral Bay, NSW on 2nd May, 1918
His parents were Rickman MAINPRIZE & Eileen Reed NONMUS who married in Sydney in 1917
He married Margaret Paine BARRY in Christ Church in South Yarra, Victoria in 1947
Max joined the Army (SN 449129) on 24th January, 1939 with the 6th Infantry Battalion of the Royal Melbourne Regiment and was discharged from A Company on 23rd January, 1941 to join the RAAF on 3rd February, 1941 (No. 10 Squadron)
He was discharged from the RAAF on 21st May, 1945 (No. 40 Squadron)
He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)