MACIVER, Murdock Ian Lochghair
| Service Number: | 435243 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 April 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 8 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 27 September 1924 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 6 June 1945, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Parkes Cemetery, NSW Parkes War Cemetery, Plot A, Row D, Grave 11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Civic Centre Memorial Portico, Mackay St Pauls Uniting Church WW2 Honour Roll, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 435243 | |
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| 7 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 435243, Brisbane | |
| 7 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 435243 | |
| 7 May 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 8 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps | |
| 6 Jun 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 435243, 8 Operational Training Unit Citizens Air Force |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Murdock Ian Lochghair MacIVER was born in Bundaberg, Queensland on 27th September, 1924
His parents were Murdock MacIVER & Frances Maude HEAD who married in Queensland on 22nd December, 1920 - he was their only son
He enlisted in Brisbane on 7th April, 1943 & died on 6th June, 1945, aged 20 while serving in the RAAF at Parkes, NSW - he was in a Boomerang Aircraft No A46-7 (CA 12) during a gunnery practice exercise and crashed some seven miles north east of Parkes airstrip & burned out - he was with the 8 Operational Training Unit, General Duties branch of the Citizens Air Force
He is buried in the Parkes War Cemetery, Plot A, Row D, Grave 11 and his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, the Roll of Honour in Mackay, Queensland & a roll of honour board at St Pauls Uniting Church in Mackay, Queensland
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His father Murdock MacIVER (SN7555) served in WW1 and returned to Australia on 12th March, 1920
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