Max KOTZ

KOTZ, Max

Service Number: 39478
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
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World War 2 Service

10 Jun 1941: Involvement Corporal, 39478
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

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Biography 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"