Harold Alexander MCKAY

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MCKAY, Harold Alexander

Service Number:	11963
Enlisted:	16 August 1940
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 451 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Mildura, Victoria, Australia , 31 January 1920
Home Town:	Merbein, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Ground Battle, Corsica, France, 13 May 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Biguglia War Cemetery, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilgandra War Memorial, Merbein Memorial Gates, Merbein Memorial Walls

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 11963
16 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 11963, No. 451 Squadron (RAAF)
16 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 11963

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

A German air raid on 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF based at Poretta airfield in Corsica killed:

Ward, John Duncan (Flight Lieutenant) 408177

Sneddon, Ronald Barnard (Flight Lieutenant) 403228

Bulcock, Francis Edward (Corporal) 24205

Ewans, Alan (LAC) 11204

Branch, Sydney James (LAC) 14436

Conrad, Clarence Arthur (LAC) 30550

McKay, Harold Alexander (LAC) 11963

Haggart, Donald Cameron (LAC) 14675

Three other RAAF members were injured, they survived the war: Andrews, Reginald Daniel (LAC) 10142 / Burslem, Ronald Morrison (LAC) 30366 / Lewis, Jack Charles (LAC) 10065

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