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Pilot Officer Geoffrey Taaffe & Sergeant Alan BatesPrint Page 
23-February-2016
Photographs supplied by Neil Follett
The plaque commemorates Pilot Officer Geoffrey Edgar Taaffe and Sergeant Alan Frederick Bates who were killed when their Wirraway aircraft crashed after a mid air collision in January 1943.
Location
| Address: | San Mateo Avenue, Koorlong, 3501 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.260263 Long: 142.081666 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Military |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 21-January-1943 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 21-January-1943 |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MAIn memory of P/O Geoffrey Edgar Taafe
Aged 23 years
and
Sgt Alan Frederick Bates
Aged 19 years
Both RAAF who crashed near this site while flying Wirraway A20-349 on 21 January 1943
Donor : Mildura Rural City Council
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
