LEST WE FORGET

Flight Lieutenant The Reverent Andrew Robson McVITTIE

Service No: No Service Number
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date unavailable
Unit: Unavailable
Died: Illness, Newcastle, 6 November 1947, Aged 58 Years
Buried: Newcastle (Sandgate) General Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Elizabeth McVittie; husband of Elsie May McVittie, of Newcastle
Remembered: The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall, Sandgate NSW

Having died outside the specified period (3 September 1939 to 30 June 1947), Flight Lieutenant McVittie does not meet an eligibility criterion for inclusion on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour for World War II. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission recognises his death as being due to his Service.

References:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/26/1247; MP525/1, 339/26/26
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line

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