MORRISON, Maurice James
Service Number: | 407723 |
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Enlisted: | 4 January 1941, Adelaide |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Balaklava, South Australia, 23 August 1916 |
Home Town: | Kilburn (Formerly Chicago), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 30 November 1942, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clare Memorial Row of Trees, Clare WW2 Memorial Gates, Clare and District WW2 Roll of Honour, Sevenhills & Penwortham District War Memorial WW2 |
World War 2 Service
4 Jan 1941: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 407723 | |
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4 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
4 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF) | |
4 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 407723 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Henry James Morrison and Evelyn Maud Morrison
Husband of Olive Maude Morrison of Kilburn, SA
RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-69 was lost near Bathurst Island - both crewmen were killed: Pilot Officer Maurice James Morrison 407723 & Sergeant Alan Frederick Forrest 31095
Both men are commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT