LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Maurice John MILES
Service No: 413632
Born: Jerilderie NSW, 17 May 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 September 1941
Unit: No. 1 Wireless Air Gunners School
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, Parkes NSW, 29 November 1941, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Forbes Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James and Amelia Miles, of Marrickville
Roll of Honour: Forbes NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 29 November 1941, Leading Aircraftman Miles, a Trainee Wireless Air Gunner, died in Parkes District Hospital from injuries received in a motor car accident on the Parkes – Forbes road.
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, 163/144/126