MCGEE, Maurice Patrick
| Service Number: | 442296 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1943, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty |
| Born: | Rose Park, South Australia , 17 March 1925 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Marist Brothers' High School Norwood, Rostrevor College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Civil Defence Department |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Uranquinty, New South Wales, Australia, 4 April 1945, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wagga Wagga War Cemetery Plot B Row B Grave 3, |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rostrevor College WW2 Memorial Plaques |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Aug 1943: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
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| 4 Apr 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 442296, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Joseph Patrick and Mary Veronica McGee, of Linden Park, South Australia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. McGee, of Linden Park, have been notified by the Air Board that their youngest son, Flt Sgt. Maurice Patrick McGee, 20, was killed in an, aircraft accident at Uranquinty, N.S.W., on April 4. He was buried in the Wagga War Memorial Cemetery. Before enlisting he was employed in the Civil Defence Department. He enlisted in 1943, and gained his wings last year. He was educated at Marist Brothers' High School, Norwood, and later at Rostrevor College. He has three brothers in the services. May his soul rest in peace.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant McGee 442296 from Number 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty was killed in the loss of Wirraway aircraft A20-39 at Sandy Creek, NSW when his aircraft collided in mid-air during a formation training flight with Wirraway A20-414 piloted by 438604 Sergeant McDowell (survived, discharged from the RAAF in June 1947)
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