LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Martin Butler MAHONY
Service No: 404653
Born: Leyburn QLD, 27 May 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 October 1940
Unit: No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School, Narrandera NSW
Died: Injuries from an Aircraft Accident (No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-137), Sydney NSW, 26 March 1941, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas Michael and Veronica Minnie Mahony, of Upper Yarraman, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Yarraman QLD
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Narrandera Tiger Moth Memorial, Narrandera NSW
During a solo practice flight on 25 March 1941, Tiger Moth A17-137 flown by Leading Aircraftman Mahony crashed at 0730 hours two miles north of Matong, New South Wales, and he was dangerously injured. He was admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney and died of his injuries at 1440 hours on 26 March 1941. The aircraft was apparently flying low and struck trees with the port lower main plane and crashed.
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, 163/142/124; A9845, 36
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line