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FAHEY, Michael John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 430903 |
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Enlisted: | 19 April 1943 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Newmarket, Victoria, Australia, 9 June 1923 |
Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Sea Spray, Victoria, Australia, Sea Spray, Victoria, Australia, 17 August 1944, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Sale War Cemetery, Victoria Plot B - Row B - Grave 15 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Seaspray War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 430903 | |
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19 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 430903 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Michael John Fahey 430903 (Pilot) was killed when Fairey Battle V1219 from the Air Gunnery School based at West Sale crashed near Seaspray, Victoria
Warrant Officer Gordon Edward Matley 412992 (Observer) survived