RAAF Burials in Europe - Page 18

spidge · 20-05-2008, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Rich Payne

Geoff, Netherlands Limburg is the bit nearest to me. I can't promise to get everywhere but I am round and about down in the south.

By the way, has anyone done Oud Heverlee (Leuven) for you ? I seem to remember lots of bomber crews there so there must be some RAAF.

I still can't find your email address to send the pictures through to !

Rich

Whatever you can do at Heverlee would be most appreciated as I only have two from forty seven.

These are the squadrons and dates where the Aussies met their death.

100sq RAF	25/04/1944
106sq	9/07/1943
107sq RAF	12/05/1940
115sq	25/04/1944
115sq	18/11/1943
12sq	3/06/1942
12sq	15/10/1942
12sq RAF	15/10/1942
158sq	31/08/1943
158sq	31/08/1943
158sq	31/08/1943
16 O T U	1/08/1942
196sq RAF	4/07/1943
234sq	7/02/1945
27 O T U	28/04/1942
27 O T U	28/04/1942
27 O T U	28/04/1942
35sq	4/07/1943
460sq	15/06/1943
460sq	15/06/1943
460sq	13/08/1942
460sq	15/06/1943
460sq	15/06/1943
460sq	15/06/1943
460sq	13/08/1942
460sq	13/08/1942
460sq	13/08/1942
460sq	13/08/1942
466sq	23/04/1944
466sq RAF LYNEHAM	23/04/1944
467sq	11/05/1944
467sq WADDINGTON	11/05/1944
49sq	3/09/1942
514sq	11/04/1944
514sq	11/04/1944
514sq	11/04/1944
514sq	5/03/1945
514sq	11/04/1944
540sq	27/10/1944
61sq	31/03/1944
640sq	2/03/1945
640sq	2/03/1945
640sq	2/03/1945
69sq (ME)	21/11/1944
75sq	23/05/1944
7sq	22/06/1943
83sq RAF	25/03/1942

Cheers

Geoff

Owen · 22-05-2008, 10:05 PM

Geoff,
I ve done all your photos from that list for Italy plus a few in Moro River Cemetery too.
I ll email them to you next week.

Rich Payne · 22-05-2008, 10:48 PM

Geoff, Only just noticed the Heverlee list. Is there any chance that you can knock-up a list of names and grave references as you did for the others ? I wouldn't know how to start searching by Squadron and it's a biggish cemetery.
Rich

Hi Owen, Good trip ? (Daft Question ?)

spidge · 28-05-2008, 08:13 AM

Anyone living near this cemetery that can take some photos?

RAAF Burials in Suffolk - Rawdon Hume Middleton VC Buried here.

These (5) RAAF burials in Beck Row (St John) Churchyard are the only burials of RAAF/AFC flyers in Suffolk.

Pilot Officer RAWDON HUME MIDDLETON(V C)

402745, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 26
on 29 November 1942
Son of Francis Rawdon Hamilton Middleton and Faith Lillian Middleton, of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia.

Flight Sergeant ALEXANDER CAMPBELL LAMOND

412527, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 20
on 16 April 1943
Son of James Grimmond Lamond and Veronica Mary Lamond, of Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia.

Flight Sergeant WILLIAM HUGH MORRISON

423162, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 31
on 24 September 1943
Son of Hugh Carlton Morrison and Margaret Morrison; husband of Beryl Rose Morrison, of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand.

Sergeant ROBERT JAMES UHRIG

402011, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 20
on 10 April 1941
Son of Leslie Jacob and Margaret McPherson Uhrig, of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

Flying Officer GORDON FRANCIS WOOD(D F C)

402980, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 29
on 13 August 1943
Son of Samuel Robert and Ethel Wood, of Roseville, New South Wales, Australia.

spidge · 29-05-2008, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spidge

I have just finished categorising the 10,835 RAAF deaths for the period 1939 to 1945. The first RAAF death recorded in Europe was on 12/4/1940 for Sidney Ignatius Oliver (Flight Sergeant) who was attached to 10 squadron and is buried at Hooe (St John) courtyard in Devon. (No Photo - Anyone??????)

I have come across some interesting smaller cemeteries with a story to tell which I will post soon.

Since finding another 200+ Aussies who enlisted and died in the RAF, the first Aussies to be killed were:

BISHOP, FREDERICK ALAN	Pilot Officer	41821		14/09/1939
CAMERON, IVAN MCLEOD	Wing Commander	24225	110sq RAF	28/09/1939
SADLER, JOHN TULLOCH BURRILL	Flying Officer	40061	144sq RAF	29/09/1939
ALLSOP, JOHN WILLIAM	Flight Lieutenant	39452	10sq RAF	2/10/1939
McCRACKEN, WILLIAM GEORGE	Pilot Officer	36157	139sq RAF	30/10/1939
COX, ROBERT ERNEST	Pilot Officer	41670	108sq RAF	31/10/1939
COVENTRY, CHARLES ROBEY	Pilot Officer	40606	63sq RAF	1/12/1939
LEWIS, OLIVER JOHN TREVOR	Flying Officer	40054	37sq RAF	18/12/1939

Philip,ABRG · 30-05-2008, 12:25 PM

Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) Cemetery

unknown found in ijsselmeer Urk 1-12-1943

spidge · 30-05-2008, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philip,ABRG

Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) Cemetery

unknown found in ijsselmeer Urk 1-12-1943

Hi Philip,

Was this where the body was found ( ijsselmeer Urk) and transterred to Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) Cemetery?

There are another eleven Aussie RAAF/RAF lads there so the grave is with his countrymen!

Philip,ABRG · 30-05-2008, 04:59 PM

Correct, I will get you others soon if you dont have them

spidge · 31-05-2008, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philip,ABRG

Correct, I will get you others soon if you dont have them

Notice this cemetery is in Utrecht. I used to sell the products of Douwe Egberts - (Moccona Coffee - White-Ox - Amphora).

DaveBrigg · 31-05-2008, 11:32 PM

hi Spidge
Do you still need pictures for Brigg, Kirton Lindsey or Grimsby? There are a few other sites in Lincolnshire that I can check too (e.g. Scampton) if you don't mind waiting a little longer. The Brigg cemetery is across the road from the school where I work, and I have taken classes there when studying war poems.

22-05-2008, 10:48 PM	#173 (permalink)
Rich Payne Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 648	Geoff, Only just noticed the Heverlee list. Is there any chance that you can knock-up a list of names and grave references as you did for the others ? I wouldn't know how to start searching by Squadron and it's a biggish cemetery. Rich Hi Owen, Good trip ? (Daft Question ?) __________________ 1939 ex-BEF Norton WD16H restoration detailed on http://www.wdnorton.nl/

28-05-2008, 08:13 AM	#174 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,068	RAAF Burials in Suffolk - Rawdon Hume Middleton VC Buried here Anyone living near this cemetery that can take some photos? RAAF Burials in Suffolk - Rawdon Hume Middleton VC Buried here. These (5) RAAF burials in Beck Row (St John) Churchyard are the only burials of RAAF/AFC flyers in Suffolk. Pilot Officer RAWDON HUME MIDDLETON(V C) 402745, Royal Australian Air Force who died age 26 on 29 November 1942 Son of Francis Rawdon Hamilton Middleton and Faith Lillian Middleton, of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. Flight Sergeant ALEXANDER CAMPBELL LAMOND 412527, Royal Australian Air Force who died age 20 on 16 April 1943 Son of James Grimmond Lamond and Veronica Mary Lamond, of Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia. Flight Sergeant WILLIAM HUGH MORRISON 423162, Royal Australian Air Force who died age 31 on 24 September 1943 Son of Hugh Carlton Morrison and Margaret Morrison; husband of Beryl Rose Morrison, of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand. Sergeant ROBERT JAMES UHRIG 402011, Royal Australian Air Force who died age 20 on 10 April 1941 Son of Leslie Jacob and Margaret McPherson Uhrig, of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Flying Officer GORDON FRANCIS WOOD(D F C) 402980, Royal Australian Air Force who died age 29 on 13 August 1943 Son of Samuel Robert and Ethel Wood, of Roseville, New South Wales, Australia. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 28-05-2008 at 08:20 AM.

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22-05-2008, 10:05 PM	#172 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,071	Geoff, I ve done all your photos from that list for Italy plus a few in Moro River Cemetery too. I ll email them to you next week.

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DaveBrigg Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 41	hi Spidge Do you still need pictures for Brigg, Kirton Lindsey or Grimsby? There are a few other sites in Lincolnshire that I can check too (e.g. Scampton) if you don't mind waiting a little longer. The Brigg cemetery is across the road from the school where I work, and I have taken classes there when studying war poems.

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