Alan Murray MCKAY

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Service Number:	409479
Enlisted:	12 September 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale
Born:	Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 23 February 1920
Home Town:	Pascoe Vale , Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Accident, East Sale, Victoria, Australia, Italy, 23 February 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Sale War Cemetery, Victoria Plot B Row C Grave 11
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Seaspray War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 409479
12 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
12 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 409479
23 Feb 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 409479, No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale

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Ventura A59-9 of Number 1 Operational Training Unit crashed near the East Sale RAAF base in Victoria with all on board killed:

DAVEY, Killems Richards (LAC) 141547

DRAKE, John Joseph (Sergeant) BEM 50354

LORD, John James (Warrant Officer) 409158

McKAY, Alan Murray (Sergeant) 409479

ROBINSON, William Charles Thomas (Flying Officer) 415551

ROSALKY, Marcus (Flight Sergeant) 72799