LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Hilton Henry McATEER
Service No: 429122
Born: Abbotsford NSW, 30 May 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 October 1942
Unit: No. 90 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Injuries from a Motor Vehicle Accident, Cambridgeshire, 12 September 1944, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Patrick and May McAteer, of Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 126, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Municipality of Hunters Hill War Memorial Honour Rolls, Hunters Hill NSW
Flight Sergeant McAteer (Wireless Operator Air) was injured in a motor cycle accident on 11
September 1944 and died of his injuries the next day.
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, 166/26/583
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line