Malcolm Ralph (Max) TROUT

TROUT, Malcolm Ralph

Service Numbers: S19708, 416904
Enlisted: 6 June 1941, Warradale, SA
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Glenelg South Australia , 1 March 1913
Home Town: Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling: Thebarton Techbnical High School, Thebarton, South Australia
Occupation: Trainee Upholsterer
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 21 January 1944, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery
Coll. Grave Plot 8. Row L. Grave 26-29
Memorials: Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

6 Jun 1941: Enlisted Warradale, SA
6 Jun 1941: Involvement Private, S19708
11 Oct 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416904
11 Oct 1941: Enlisted Adelaide
11 Oct 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 416904
11 Oct 1941: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 416904
21 Jan 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416904, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Mrs. M. R. Trout, of St. Leonards, Glenelg, has been notified that her husband, Flt-Sgt. Max Trout, 30, has been posted missing as the result of an air raid over Magdeburg, Germany, on the night of January 21-22. He was a member of a Lancaster squadron. Before enlisting he was employed at Cooke's, upholsterers.