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KOTZ, Max
Personal Details
Service Number: | 39478 |
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Enlisted: | 10 June 1941 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | No. 7 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Golden Grove, South Australia, Australia, 15 April 1921 |
Home Town: | Woodville, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
Schooling: | Kintore Avenue Trade School, Adelaide, South Australia |
Occupation: | Motor Trimmer, T. J. Richards, Keswick, South Australia |
Died: | Illness, Tadji, New Guinea, 25 July 1945, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot LL. Row D. Grave 4. Personal Inscription ~ "THE PASSING AWAY OF AN UNSELFISH LIFE" |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
10 Jun 1941: | Involvement Corporal, 39478 | |
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10 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
10 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 39478 | |
24 Jan 1945: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, No. 7 Squadron (RAAF) | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Corporal Max Kotz 39478 of Number 7 Squadron died from shock from extensive burns following a ground accident at Tadji, Papua New Guinea - mentioned in book "We Never Disappoint"