LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman David Mailis MARR
Service No: 60912
Born: Dundee, Scotland, 30 March 1905
Enlisted in the RAAF: 23 September 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 7 Airfield Construction Squadron, Noemfoor Island PNG
Died: Ground Accident, Noemfoor Island, 6 September 1944, Aged 39 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Hendry Marr and Sarah Jamieson Marr, of Auburn, New South Wales; husband of Florence Ivy Marr
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 6 September 1944, Corporal Marr, a Fitter Works, died from burns received when escaping petrol used as fuel in an unauthorised burner ignited. The burner was installed by another airman.
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, 108/7/110