LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Maurice St George MIDDLETON
Service No: 405868
Born: Silverspur QLD, 23 April 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 June 1941
Unit: Central Flying School
Died: Aircraft Accident (Central Flying School Avro Cadet aircraft A6-4), near Tamworth NSW, 14 November 1943, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Tamworth War Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edwinand Lillian Middleton; husband of Mary Patricia Middleton, of Coogee
Roll of Honour: Texas QLD
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During a training flight on 14 November 1943, Avro Trainer A6-4 crashed five miles south of Tamworth, and the crew of two was killed.
The crew members of A6-4 were:
Flying Officer Maurice St George Middleton (405868) (Second Pilot)
Flying Officer Hessel Mutton (411509) (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, 166/27/274
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