LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Edward McCORMACK
Service No: 404181
Born: Brisbane QLD, 10 January 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 June 1940
Unit: No. 112 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 112 Squadron Tomahawk aircraft AM403), 16 September 1941, Egypt, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Emily Constance McCormack, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Surat QLD
Remembered: Panel 126, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1600 hours on 16 September 1941 Tomahawk AM403 crashed at K17 aerodrome in an aircraft accident and Sergeant McCormack was killed.
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, 163/141/422
Bibliography:
Ilbery, P.L.T. (Peter Leslie Thomas) (422957) Hatching an Air Force: 2SFTS, 5SFTS, 1BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga Wagga, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 2002