MCKAY, Harold Alexander
Service Number: | 11963 |
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Enlisted: | 16 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 451 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Mildura, Victoria, Australia , 31 January 1920 |
Home Town: | Merbein, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Ground Battle, Corsica, France, 13 May 1944, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Biguglia War Cemetery, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilgandra War Memorial, Merbein Memorial Gates, Merbein Memorial Walls |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 11963 | |
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16 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 11963, No. 451 Squadron (RAAF) | |
16 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 11963 |
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A German air raid on 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF based at Poretta airfield in Corsica killed:
Ward, John Duncan (Flight Lieutenant) 408177
Sneddon, Ronald Barnard (Flight Lieutenant) 403228
Bulcock, Francis Edward (Corporal) 24205
Ewans, Alan (LAC) 11204
Branch, Sydney James (LAC) 14436
Conrad, Clarence Arthur (LAC) 30550
McKay, Harold Alexander (LAC) 11963
Haggart, Donald Cameron (LAC) 14675
Three other RAAF members were injured, they survived the war: Andrews, Reginald Daniel (LAC) 10142 / Burslem, Ronald Morrison (LAC) 30366 / Lewis, Jack Charles (LAC) 10065