LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Edmund McArthur HYDE
Service No: 400802
Born: Gundagai NSW, 26 March 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1940 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 1 Aircraft Delivery Unit
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 1 Aircraft Delivery Unit Kittyhawk AK794), Egypt, 10 February 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Victor Edmund and Margaret Jean Hyde, of Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Deniliquin NSW
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Deniliquin Cenotaph and Lone Pine Memorial, Deniliquin NSW
On 10 February 1942, Sergeant Hyde, a Pilot, was killed in the crash of Kittyhawk AK794 at Kasfareet, Egypt.
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 A9301, 400802
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line