LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant William Henry MARONEY
Service No: 439481
Born: Young NSW, 28 August 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 July 1943
Unit: No. 36 Squadron
Died: Ground Accident, Townsville QLD, 4 October 1945, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Henry and Anastasia Ellen Maroney, of Young, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Young NSW
Remembered: Panel 103, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Young Soldiers’ Memorial Clock Tower and Memorial Boards, Young NSW
At 1145 hours on 4 October 1945, Flight Sergeant Maroney fell from a moving vehicle on the tarmac at Townsville (Garbutt) airfield and later died at No. 3 Medical Receiving Station, Townsville.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/27/1180
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line