Maxwell Elliott WHITEHILL

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WHITEHILL, Maxwell Elliott

Service Number:	407022
Enlisted:	29 April 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Gawler, South Australia, 29 April 1913
Home Town:	St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 7 June 1942, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Sage War Cemetery, Sage, Oldenburg, Germany Sage War Cemetery, Sage, Oldenburg, Germany
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council WW2 Honour Roll, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

29 Apr 1940:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 407022
29 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
29 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 407022
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Albert Francoise Buttel 403717 RAAF and Flight Sergeant Maxwell Elliott Whitehill 407022 RAAF were killed when Manchester 7469 of 49SQN RAF crashed near Borkum, Germany

Also killed were: Thorndyke, Ronald Henry James (Pilot Officer) RAF 119173 / Jones, Lewis James (Sergeant) RAF 924063 / Whitfield, George Clive (Sergeant) RAF 1166974 / De Mestre, Peter Morrice DSO DSC (Flight Lieutenant) RAF 41678 / Halliday, Douglas Stephen (Sergeant) RAF 1360282

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