Granville Allen MAWER

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Service Number:	403112
Enlisted:	9 December 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 452 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 October 1919
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 26 September 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory F.C.8. , Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 403112
9 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 403112, No. 452 Squadron (RAAF)

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Flying Officer Granville Allen Mawer 403112 - son of Thomas Henry and Ella Agnes Mawer of Manly, NSW

452 Squadron RAAF Spitfire LZ314 (Mawer) & Spitfire EE677 (Adam) were involved in a mid-air collision over Manton Dam, NT with both pilots killed.

Flying Officer Mawer has an entry in the book "Those Other Eagles" by Christopher Shores (which refers to the other aircraft as JL314).

Mawer had previously (20 June 1943) crash-landed in aircraft BR548 after an engagement with a force of Japanese aircraft.

Also killed: Flying Officer John Phillip Adam 404491 - son of John Shedden Adam and Ruth Eliza Adam of Wahroonga, NSW