LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman Maurice DEERE

Service No: 116060
Born: Glenelg SA, 8 May 1905
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 September 1942
Unit: No. 13 Aircraft Repair Depot, Breddan QLD
Died: Illness, Breddan, 23 December 1945, Aged 40 Years
Buried: Charters Towers War Cemetery, QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Henry and Mabel Deere, of Glenelg, South Australia; husband of Margaret Irene Deere, of Forest Gardens, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Glenelg SA
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide

On 20 December 1945, Leading Aircraftman Deere, an Equipment Assistant, was admitted to Station Sick Quarters Breddan suffering from meningitis. He died on 23 December 1945.

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/9/808

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