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George Scrimgeour was born in Newcastle, NSW, on 12 December 1920. He worked as a clerk at Newcastle Abattoir before his enlistment in the RAAF on 11 November 1940. After flight training he was initially posted to 24 Squadron before joining 453 Squadron in Malaya in December 1941. On 22 December he and 11 other 453 Squadron Buffaloes, took on twice their number over Kuala Lumpur. Scrimgeour scored a probable victory before he was shot down in flames. Although recieving burns to his face and hands, he managed to bail out, surviving the continued attacks from the enemy during his descent. Returning to Australia he held several postings to training units, including 8OTU, before joining 457 Squadron on 28 April 1945. Here he shared in the destruction of a Dinah over Labuan on 20 June. Thus he had the distinction of having the longest time between claims of any RAAF pilot in the Pacific war. He was disharged on 8 February 1946.

In the mid 1950s he moved with his wife and two children to Gunnedah, New South Wales as accountant of the newly established Gunnedah Municipal Abattoir, a position he would hold for 25 years until his retirement. George Scrimgeour died in Gunnedah in November 2004.

Courtesy http://www.pacificvictoryroll.com/page20.htm