Memorial card for Flight Sergeant Maurice Green
ObjektnummerM2006/050
TitelMemorial card for Flight Sergeant Maurice Green
BeskrivelseNSW Board of Jewish Education Memorial card presented by the parents, Israel and Bella Green, of Flight Sergeant Maurice Isaac Green, who was killed during training exercises on Australia Day, 1944. Maurice was a pupil of the Board's classes for 10 years, from 1929 to 1938. It appears as if the card was initially stuck in a book, and then the page torn out.
Maurice Isaac Green was born on 19 November 1923 in Prahran, Victoria but grew up in Bellevue Hill. He served eight months in the Volunteer Defence Corps before he enlisted in Sydney at age 18, on 18 July 1942 for the RAAF. Maurice worked up the ranks from Aircrew, to Navigator, then to Flight Sergeant. He was attached to the 6 Operational Training Unit RAAF in Nowra, New South Wales (NSW). This unit was the last stage of training for aircrew before being assigned to an operational unit of World War II.
On 26 January 1944, Maurice was on a training operation with three fellow crew members at Point Perpendicular, Jervis Bay, NSW. This crew was taking part in night torpedo exercises with HMAS Buna Bray, using flares when the Beaufort A-469 plane they were flying, flew into the sea. It is believed the pilot was dazzled by the flares, was unable to read his instruments and struck the water during the torpedo run. All crew members including Maurice, who was acting as observer to the pilot during the training exercises, were killed. He was only 20 years old.
Maurice has a headstone commemorating his service at the Nowra War Cemetery.
Maurice Isaac Green was born on 19 November 1923 in Prahran, Victoria but grew up in Bellevue Hill. He served eight months in the Volunteer Defence Corps before he enlisted in Sydney at age 18, on 18 July 1942 for the RAAF. Maurice worked up the ranks from Aircrew, to Navigator, then to Flight Sergeant. He was attached to the 6 Operational Training Unit RAAF in Nowra, New South Wales (NSW). This unit was the last stage of training for aircrew before being assigned to an operational unit of World War II.
On 26 January 1944, Maurice was on a training operation with three fellow crew members at Point Perpendicular, Jervis Bay, NSW. This crew was taking part in night torpedo exercises with HMAS Buna Bray, using flares when the Beaufort A-469 plane they were flying, flew into the sea. It is believed the pilot was dazzled by the flares, was unable to read his instruments and struck the water during the torpedo run. All crew members including Maurice, who was acting as observer to the pilot during the training exercises, were killed. He was only 20 years old.
Maurice has a headstone commemorating his service at the Nowra War Cemetery.
Produktionsdato 1944-01-26
Objektnavncards
Mål
- height: 160.00 mm
width: 102.00 mm
KreditrammeSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Maurice Isaac Green