Robert Wallace MCKAY

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Service Number:	412258
Enlisted:	22 June 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 7 Service Flying Training School Deniliquin
Born:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 2 August 1921
Home Town:	Picton, Wollondilly, New South Wales
Schooling:	Cleveland Street Intermediate High & Sydney Grammar School
Occupation:	Bank Officer
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 30 April 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	South Head General Cemetery, Vaucluse, New South Wales Section L Grave 408
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 412258
22 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 412258, No. 7 Service Flying Training School Deniliquin
22 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 412258

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LAC McKay 412258 and LAC Simmons 409325 were killed when Wirraway aircraft A20-34 of 7SFTS crashed 5 Miles south west of Deniliquin

LAC Simmons is buried in Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria

LAC McKay is buried in South Head General Cemetery, NSW

Robert Wallace McKAY was born in Burwood, NSW on 2nd August, 1921

His parents were Herbert Wallace McKAY & Constance NASH who married in NSW in 1920