LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Robert Wallace McKAY
Service No: 412258
Born: Burwood NSW, 2 August 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1941
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-34), near Deniliquin, 30 April 1942, Aged 20 Years
Buried: South Head Cemetery, Sydney NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Herbert Wallace and Constance McKay, of Bowral
Roll of Honour: Picton NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Commonwealth Bank of Australia Honour Rolls, Sydney NSW
During a training practice flight on 30 April 1942, Wirraway A20-34 crashed five miles south-west of Deniliquin at 1145 hours and the crew of two was killed.
The crew members of A20-34 were:
Leading Aircraftman Robert Wallace McKay (412258) (Trainee Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Lloyd George Simmons (409325) (Trainee Pilot)
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, 163/141/530; A9845, 102
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line