Maurice James MILLS

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MILLS, Maurice James

Service Number:	137163
Enlisted:	17 September 1943
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Radar Stations (RAAF)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 16 August 1925
Home Town:	Kingsford, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer employed at Australian Paper Mills.
Died:	Aircraft Accident (The aircraft was enroute from Jacquinot Bay to Rabaul, New Guinea ), Waterfall Bay area, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 15 November 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference, Location ~ Plot C. Row A. Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "MAY HIS LIFE AND DEATH BE AN INSPIRATION TO US WHO REMAIN...R.I.P.".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 137163
17 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 137163, Radar Stations (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

33 Squadron RAAF Dakota A65-54 (VH CUP) was lost between Jacquinot Bay and Rabaul, Papua New Guinea with all crew KIA:

MILLS, Maurice James (LAC) 137163 / LOBWEIN, Grahame Patrick (Flight Lieutenant) 404723 / HANRAHAN, Ronald Alexander (Flight Lieutenant) 423723 / BREDERLIN, Douglas Albert (Flight Sergeant) 444773 / BRIDGE, Stanley William (Corporal) 69362 / CUSHING, Hugh (Corporal) 419913 / BLAKE, Norman Harold (LAC) 431713 / SHEAH, Verdun Bernice (Sister) 501253

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