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MCLAY, John Stirling
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 434647 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 466 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 22 October 1924 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Process worker |
| Died: | Flying Battle, North West Europe, 5 November 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Coll. grave 11. D. 4-6. “In proud and loving memory” |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board, Toowoomba No 58 Squadron Honour Roll, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba St Stephen's Church WW2 Memorial Tablet, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 434647 | |
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| 1 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434647 | |
| 5 Nov 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434647, No. 466 Squadron (RAAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James Archibald and Sybil Mary McLay, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His father, 3382 Corporal James Archibald McLay M.M. served in France with the 15th Battalion from early 1916. Decorated for bravery, he was sent home in late 1917, after losing his left leg to shrapnel wounds.
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