MCGUIRE, Maurice
| Service Number: | 401137 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, 29 March 1919 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Off Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 17 June 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 401137 | |
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| 3 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 3 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401137, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of John and Ellen McGuire
Husband of Jean Estrelle McGuire of East St. Kilda, Victoria
RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-132 of Number 6 Squadron was reported missing on an operational flight from Hughes Airfield, Darwin - all crew killed:
Pilot Officer Gordon Robert Crawford 403802
Sergeant Maurice McGuire 401137
Pilot Officer Colin Vivian Cantor 411861
Pilot Officer Brian Ernest Long 403888
Sergeant Lawrence Rex Hayward 411908
(USAAF info from Baugher - Aircraft A16-132 was built as 41-23202 - MIA in Timor Sea after engine failure)
All crew are commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing located at Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
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