On 17 Apr 43, RAAF light transport aircraft DH84 DeHavilland Dragon serial A34-47 went missing during a flight from Mascot Aerodrome Sydney to Forest Hill, NSW. To date, no wreckage of the aircraft or remains of any of the five persons on board has been located. The Manifest detailed Pilot Sgt D. Doyle and his co-Pilot Sgt F. Doyle were to convey the following passengers to Essendon via Forest Hill:

Flying Officer Geoffrey Hugh Lester 409154 of the RAAF
Lieutenant Cecil Joseph Umstead 013899 USMCR
* Lieutenant Horace Albert Teague 014229 of USMCRTEAGUE, Horace A, 1STLT, O-014229, USMC**, from Maryland, *location Australia, date of loss April 17, 1943* (pm) + TEAGUE, Horace A., 1st Lieutenant, USMCR. Sister, Elsie Leischier, Gwynn Oak Ave., Woodlawn, Md (na) + TEAGUE, Horace Albert, 14229, HqCo, Regulating Station, TC, 1stMAC, FMF, SoWestPac area, April 18, 1944, died (mc) + TEAGUE, Horace Albert, First Lieutenant, O-014229, USMC, from Maryland, Manila American Cemetery (bm)
1stLt Horace Albert Teague was declared Missing on 17 Apr 1943.

Horace Albert Teague