Name: Thomas Hadley Roderic MacAulay Rank: Flight Lieutenant Service Number: J/22098 Service: 1675 Heavy Conversion Unit, RCAF Date of Birth: 27 September 27, 1914 Place of Birth: New Glasgow, Pictou Co., Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: Feb 17, 1940 Place of Enlistment: RCAF Recruiting Centre, Halifax, Halifax Co., NS Address at Enlistment: 112 Maple Ave, New Glasgow, Pictou Co., NS Age at Enlistment: 25 Height: 6 feet Complexion Fair Eye Colour: Hazel Hair Colour: Brown Occupation: Accountant Marital Status: Single (at enlistment) Religion: Presbyterian Next of Kin: Donald L MacAulay (Father), New Glasgow, NS Date of Death: January 8, 1945 Age: 30 Cemetery: Khayat Beach War Cemetery, Haifa, Haifa District, Israel Grave Coll. grave E. B. 1-7. Commemorated on Page 536 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on November 11 Thomas Hadley Roderic MacAulay was the son of Donald L. MacAulay (b. 1879) and Margot MacAulay (), the brother of and the brother of Donald Ian MacAulay (1918-1971), and the husband of Georgina Elizabeth Leitch McKenzie (1911–1997). The two were married December 15, 1942, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She later remarried Merrill Wood McKenzie (1905-1993) after Thomas’ death. Thomas’ brother Donald Ian MacAulay served as a Lieutenant in the Canadian Army in WWII. His postings included Kentville, Kings Co., NS. Thomas was a crew member on Liberator VI EW101 which, having taken off from RAF Station Abu Suweir, crashed 3 miles North of Hadera, Palestine due to mechanical failure during a bullseye training exercise. Flight Lieutenant Thomas Hadley Roderic MacAulay was killed along with all the other six crew members of the bomber. Warrant Officer George Arthur Clowes (1314053) Air Gunner Flight Sergeant Charles Greig Grubb (1057860) Pilot Sergeant John Allan Haddow (1341177) Warrant Officer John Jones (1401008) Air Gunner Flight Sergeant Donald Owen Lane (1320607) Navigator Flight Sergeant John Alan Woodgate (1629272) Flight Engineer Thomas MacAulay is the only known WWII casualty with ties to Nova Scotia interred at the Khayat Beach War Cemetery in Haifa, Israel.