LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Maurice Sydney HOLLIDAY
Service No: 402238
Born: Brisbane QLD, 28 March 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 July 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 40 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operation: (No. 40 Squadron Wellington aircraft X9662), over France, 24 July 1941, Aged 24 Years
Buried: St Eval Churchyard, Cornwall
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Sidney Herman Holliday and Henrietta Holliday, of Harbord, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Harbord NSW
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Manly ANZAC War Memorial, Manly NSW
Remembered: Freshwater Surf Lifesaving Club Roll of Honour, Freshwater NSW
Sergeant Holliday (Second Pilot) lost his life on air operations over France on 24 July 1941 when Wellington X9662 was attacked by a Me109 but was able to return to the UK and land at St Eval, Cornwall.
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
Gunby, David Sweeping the Skies: A History of No. 40 Squadron RFC and RAF 1916-56, Pentland Press UK, 1995
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/123/132
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line