MCLAY, Wilbur Charles
| Service Number: | 408865 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 30 October 1910 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Ambon Harbour, Ambon Harbour, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 22 May 1942, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo High School Honour Roll WW2, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 408865 | |
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| 20 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 20 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 408865 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Andrew and Mary Jane McLay
Husband of Jessie Camelia McLay of Bendigo, Victoria
RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-187 of Number 2 Squadron was shot down at Ambon, Netherlands East Indies 22 May 1942 - two of the crew were killed in the crash and are commemorated on the Ambon Memorial:
Pilot Officer Kenneth Irving Kersten 406857
Pilot Officer Wilbur Charles McLay 408865
The other two crewmen were captured by the Japanese and were executed while being held as Prisoners of War (22 November 1942) - buried in Ambon War Cemetery are:
Pilot Officer Graham William Charles Allchin 401321
Sergeant Laurence John Montgomerie 406865
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