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Squadron Leader Mal CotterellPrint Page 
28-February-2016
Photographs supplied by Neil Follett
The Mal Cotterel Memorial Oval commemorates Squadron Leader Mal Cotterell who was tragically killed in August 1991. He was killed in the crash of a PC9 aircraft.
Location
| Address: | Aerodrome Road, East Sale RAAF Base, Mal Cotterell Memorial Oval, East Sale, 3850 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -38.105586 Long: 147.125299 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Park |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Tragedy |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 05-August-1991 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 05-August-1991 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Saturday 5th March, 1988 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAThe Mal Cotterell Memorial Oval
The oval was named on the 15 March 1992 by Mrs. Linda Cotterell wife of Sqnldr. Mal Cotterell.
Mal, a Flight Commander at the Central Flying School, in the company of his student Capt. Mohd Tadjudin RMAF, died in a PC9 crash on the 5 August 1991.
Mal was a keen member of the R.A.A.F. East Sale Hockey Club.
Per Ardua Ad Astra
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
