Henry Verdun MAY

MAY, Henry Verdun

Service Numbers: 428922, N80203
Enlisted: 8 August 1940
Last Rank: Aircraftman
Last Unit: Aircrew Training Units
Born: Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1916
Home Town: Concord, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Manitoba, Canada, 12 August 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Dauphin (Riverside) Cemetery, Valley River, Manitoba, Canada
Dauphin (Riverside) Cemetery, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 428922
8 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, N80203
22 Oct 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 428922, Aircrew Training Units
22 Oct 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 428922

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Pilot Officer Leslie Frank Lawley 414242 (Instructor) and Leading Aircraftman Henry Verdun May 428922 were killed when their Cessna training aircraft from Number 10 Service Flying Training School (10 SFTS) RCAF crashed near Dauphin aerodrome in Manitoba, Canada