PROVEN, Maurice Bert
| Service Number: | 401050 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 December 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 100 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 29 June 1917 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Malaya, 26 January 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial, Singapore Col 422 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 401050 | |
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| 8 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401050, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Maurice Bert Proven 401050 RAAF and Sergeant Lee 401769 RNZAF of 100SQN RAF were killed when Vickers Vildebeest K6386 was shot down near Endau, Malaya - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Singapore Memorial
Sergeant Graham Wolseley McCabe 408064 RAAF survived and became a Prisoner of War - he was discharged from the RAAF in December 1945
(First flown in 1928 the RAF Vickers Vildebeest was a large single-engined biplane used as a light bomber - the last few examples in service were flown against invading Japanese forces in Singapore and Java in early 1942)