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Name	William Simpson McAloney
Born	12 May, 1910 Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	31 August, 1995 (aged 85) Windsor, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Thebarton Technical School (Adelaide) (student, 1922-1926) South Australian School of Mines and Industries (student, 1927-1928)
Occupation or Descriptor *	motor mechanic (1931-1935) South Australia, Australia air force officer (1936-1967) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (airforce officer) Malayan emergency, 1950-60 (airforce officer)
Awards	Albert Medal (recipient, 1938) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1966) George Cross (recipient, 1971)
Key Organisations *	Freemasons (member, ?-1995)

* Dates are approximate