LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Max KOTZ
Service No: 39478
Born: Golden Grove SA, 15 April 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 June 1941
Unit: No. 7 Squadron, Tadji PNG
Died: Injuries (from an accident on 21 July 1945), Tadji, 25 July 1945, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery, PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Bernhardt Theodore and Alice May Kotz; husband of Alma Lorraine Kotz, of Woodville, South Australia.
Roll of Honour: Woodville SA
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
Corporal Kotz died was severely burned during a petrol explosion on 21 July 1945 and died on 25 July.
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, 166/23/116