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MCGUIGAN, William Roderick

Service Number:	427717
Enlisted:	13 September 1942
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia, 30 July 1924
Home Town:	Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Prisoner of War, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies, 19 June 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 28. Row D. Grave 6. Inscription: "IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US WHO DIED, WE SHALL NOT SLEEP"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 427717
13 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 427717, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
1 Feb 1945:	Imprisoned Air War SE Asia 1941-45, Captured by Japanese Occupation Force on or after this date when Beaufighter (A8-10) was downed by anti-aircraft fire over Tomohon (Sulawesi, Indonesia).
19 Jul 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45, Executed on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force.

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