LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Maurice James EVANS
Service No: 25911
Born: Nambour QLD, 24 March 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 May 1941
Unit: No. 16 Stores Unit
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, near Port Moresby PNG, 7 June 1943, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Maurice Pearl Evans and Maude Elizabeth Evans, of Milton, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Maroochydore QLD
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 7 June 1943, Corporal Evans, a General Hand, died of injuries received in an accident which was caused by the hillside beside the road from Koitaki to Port Moresby collapsing on to a vehicle, causing it to roll over and tumble down an embankment. Corporal Albert Barnicot Schweitzer (43170), a Clerk General, died from his injuries on the 9 June 1943.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/12/22