LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Thomas Henry Anthony MALLICK
Service No: 412989
Born: Sydney NSW, 12 September 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 August 1941
Unit: No. 450 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 450 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft FX545), Rome area, Italy, 31 May 1944, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Millicent Geraldine Mallick, of Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Orange NSW
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: University of Sydney World War 2 Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
On 31 May 1944, Kittyhawk FX545 flown by Flight Sergeant Mallick was one of six aircraft detailed to carry out an armed reconnaissance of Agani, Paliano, Cerrone and Piglio in the Rome area. FX545 called on the radio that his aircraft had been hit by anti-aircraft fire over the target area and that he was heading for the bomb line. The aircraft was last seen at a height of 3,000 feet.
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, 166/27/448
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line