LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Maurice Meredith MITCHELL
Service No: 34885
Born: Goulburn NSW, 8 September 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 November 1940
Unit: No. 2 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit, Darwin NT
Died: Illness, Darwin, 19 January 1945, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Meredith Grenade Mitchell and Ethel Maud Mitchell, of Sydney, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Dubbo NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Wesley Uniting Church World War 2 Honour Roll, Dubbo NSW
On 19 January 1945, Corporal Mitchell, a Fitter II Engines, died of an illness.
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, 166/27/747
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line