No. 460 SQUADRON RAAF MEMORIAL, KINGS PARK
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LEST WE FORGET WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIALS No. 460 SQUADRON MEMORIAL, KINGS PARK The No. 460 Squadron (460SQN) Memorial Plaque is located off Kulunga Grove, Kings Park, Perth. The inscription on the Plaque reads: No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) Association The adjacent grove of trees and this Plaque commemorate the Squadron’s Lancaster and Wellington Bomber Crew Members who lost their lives In operations over Europe during the 1939 – 1945 World War 460 Squadron was formed on the 15th November 1941 and carried out its first operation on the 13th March 1942 The planting of the trees and placement of this Plaque is also in remembrance of Members who have died since the cessation of hostilities the most notable – Air Commodore Sir Hughie Edwards VC KCMG CB DSO OBE DFC KStJ - Lest We Forget – March 1992 Second Plaque 460 Squadron (RAAF) Bomber Command A grateful tribute to all those who served on this Australian Squadron during the Second World War 1939-1945 Operations flown 6,264 Killed in Action 1,019 Decorations Awarded 363 Lest We Forget The Plaques do not show a Roll of Honour. The Roll given in this document has been compiled from multiple sources. 460SQN was a World War II RAAF Squadron operating in RAF Bomber Command. It was established as the result of the Air Training Plan (commonly referred to the Empire Air Training Scheme in Australia) agreed in Ottawa in 1939 that provided for Canada, Australia and New Zealand to supply a fixed number of trained aircrew members (pilots, navigators and wireless air gunners) on a monthly basis to the RAF to fight in the War against Germany. Article XV of the LEST WE FORGET WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIALS No. 460 SQUADRON RAAF MEMORIAL, KINGS PARK Plan permitted for the establishment of national Squadrons within the RAF Order of Battle and through the War the RCAF formed 44 Squadrons (Nos. 400-443), the RAAF 17 (Nos. 450-464, 466, 467) and the RNZAF 6 Squadrons (Nos. 485-490). These Squadrons are commonly referred to as Article XV Squadrons but only some operated within Bomber Command. The Roll of Honour for 460SQN is shown in the chronological order of events. The names of RAAF fatalities are shown in Blue and other Services in Red. Names have been grouped by crew and listed in alphabetical order, with details of the operation or accident shown before the first named crew member. RAAF crew members also have either their Roll of Honour or Place of Birth from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs WWII Nominal Roll shown along with the date of discharge where relevant. Further biographical and Service information for each Airman may be found on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website, and for RAAF airmen, the National Archives of Australia, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ and the Australian War Memorial (fatalities only) Websites. The history of the Squadron is recorded in the book Strike and Return by Peter Firkins (441386) that has been published in various editions. This document can be searched by text. No. 460 SQUADRON No. 460 SQUADRON WARE James Henry 402897 BATTLE HONOURS ROLL OF HONOUR Sydney NSW Fortress Europe 1940-1944: 1 Squadron raised at RAF Air Operations Dunkirk January 1940 – 31 December Station Molesworth, (Wellington X1251): 13Mar42 1944 Cambridgeshire: COONEY Patrick Denis John France and Germany 1944- 15 November 1941 403951 RNZAF 1945: 1 April 1944 - 8May HART Ian Eric 400413 1945 Equipped with Wellington Heidelberg VIC Ruhr 1940-1945: 1 January 1940 aircraft PASCOE William Allan – 31 December 1945 1380051 RAF Berlin 1940-1945: 1 January Transferred to RAF Station TURNOCK John Sivyer 404688 1940 – 31 December 1945 Breighton, Yorkshire Murwillumbah NSW German Ports 1940-1945: 1 WINTER George Norman January 1940 – 31 December 1942 989226 RAF WOODWARD Jack 1359686 1945 RAF Normandy 1944: 1 June 1944 – Aircraft Accident Huddersfield 31 August 1944 (Wellington V1327): 17Feb42 Air Operations Kiel (Wellington Italy 1943-1945: 1 January 1943 ASHPLANT William Leonard Z1290): 29Apr42 – 31 December 1945 1170676 RAF BOND Ralph 402836 Brisbane DAVIES Cyril Caradoe QLD 1052270 RAF CARPENDER John Francis DICKESON Cyril Raymond 404868 Born Cairns QLD 1292128 RAF COSGROVE John Percival DUTTON Frederick 1006728 408122 Launceston TAS RAF McILVEEN Trevor Hopetoun TRESIDDER Robert Lichfield 402600 Collie NSW 402894 Sydney NSW PERROUX William Walter 404661 Townsville QLD Page 2 of 27 LEST WE FORGET WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIALS No. 460 SQUADRON RAAF MEMORIAL, KINGS PARK SHEPHARD Leslie Milton GILBERT Colin Leslie 39458 MOORE John Bruce 990568 402885 Wagga Wagga NSW RAF (Australian in RAF) RAF LAKE James Gordon 404421 SAMS Wallace Hugh 402612 Air Operations Stuttgart PoW Dis: 5Dec45 Born Orange NSW (Wellington Z1388): 6-7May42 Temora NSW SPONGBERG William Marcel BALLEINE Bernard George MURPHY Reginald Henry 14243 Born Kogarah NSW Payn Lovelock 407280 Safe- 404705 Brisbane QLD WALSH John Francis 404701 Killed on Air Operations: SHEARER John Robert 400335 Gympie QLD 30May42 Northcote VIC BOURKE Thomas Harrison Air Operations Essen 407192 Safe - Killed on Air Air Operations Gennevilliers (Wellington Z1344): 1-2Jun42 Operations: 30May42 France (Wellington Z1391): 29- BEINKE Dudley Raymond CORSER Henry Graham 30May42 406136 Ceduna SA Ronaldson 404718 Toowong HOUGHTON George 1166960 CHEEESE William Desmond QLD RAF 408046 PoW Died: 20Jul42 DAVIS Richard Paterson JONES Russell Allen Pera Currie King Island TAS 407285 Safe - Killed on Air 402967 Mendooran NSW DANSEY Arthur Patrick Operations: 30May42 LODER Godfrey Hugh 404388 400080 PoW Dis: 10Jan46 MURPHY William Martin PoW Dis: 18Nov46 Born Born Melbourne VIC 404353 Safe - Killed on Air Brisbane QLD DOUGLAS Clifford Stanley Operations: 30May42 MELLOWES Kenneth Reginald 406349 PoW Dis: 26Nov45 1167148 RAF Born Albany WA Air Operations Stuttgart YOUNGER Calton Hearn HOLLAND Allan James 43286 (Wellington Z1413): 6-7May42 400320 PoW Dis: 3May46 RAF PoW (Australian in FERRY Frederick Roland Born Berwick VIC RAF) 406089 PoW Dis: 16Jan46 WATKINS Thomas Lincoln Born Albany WA Air Operations Gennevilliers 407308 Adelaide SA KENNEDY William Joseph France (Wellington Z1388): 29- 402362 Born Haberfield 30May42 Air Operations Essen NSW BALLEINE Bernard George (Wellington Z1394): 2-3Jun42 KEYS Ian Frederick 406180 Payn Lovelock 407280 BIGLANDS Reginald John PoW Dis: 7Jan46 Born West Hahndorf SA 407282 Born Adelaide SA Perth WA BOURKE Thomas Harrison BUTTERWORTH Douglas SHARP Selwyn Hamilton 407192 Born Reigate Graham 404471 PoW Dis: 402527 RNZAF PoW England 12Sep45 Born Ayr QLD STEPHENSON Jack Mitchell DAVIS Richard Paterson KEENE John Walter 402742 400762 PoW Dis: 4Jan46 407285 Adelaide SA Sydney NSW Born Williamstown VIC HOLBOROW Ian Grantley KENDALL William 1309192 TRAIN Henry Rowland 402913 402290 PoW Dis: 16Nov45 RAF PoW Dis: 31Oct45 Born Born Sydney NSW WALDON Ronald Fredrick Sydney NSW MURPHY William Martin 400894 Beechworth VIC 404353 Mooloolah QLD Air Operations Stuttgart Air Operations Essen (Wellington Z1254): 6-7May42 Air Operations Essen (Wellington Z1249): 2-3Jun42 DIXON Christopher Norman (Wellington Z1311): 1-2Jun42 BRODIE Hugh Rowell 400524 1169818 RAF FITZGERALD Maurice Melbourne VIC FOGG Kenneth Andrew Michael 403576 Born Forest GAITER James Albert 405020 R/56267 RCAF Lodge NSW Cloncurry QLD LEE Thomas 1310845 RAF Page 3 of 27 LEST WE FORGET WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIALS No. 460 SQUADRON RAAF MEMORIAL, KINGS PARK LEVITUS Solomon 402910 DREYER Leonard Charles Born Sydney NSW ELLIOTT Richard Valentine Underwood 407844 Born READ Robert George Dunlop 403662 Illness: 25Jun42 Warwick QLD R/69516 RCAF Newcastle NSW MOYLE Alan Lipson 407534 TOWNSEND Robert Gordon Burnside SA Prentis 1051659 RAF Air Operations Bremen PERRY Ronald John 403785 (Wellington Z1381): 3Jul42 Hurstville NSW Air Operations Essen DOWNING Darryl 407709 SHARKEY Raymond John (Wellington Z1412): 8-9Jun42 Lameroo SA Bruce 402551 Claremont WA CAMPBELL Colin Millis JOHNSTON Arthur Maxwell 402436 PoW Died: 29Aug42 404784 Cairns QLD Air Operations Duisburg Quirindi NSW RADKE David August 405139 (Wellington Z1399): 25-26Jul42 HENDEN C D 747961 RAF PoW Dis: 21Nov45 Born BAGLEY Donald 1109333 RAF PoW Beenleigh QLD BURGESS Clifford Henry HURDITCH Douglas David REED William Gerald DCM 406344 Nedlands WA 402862 PoW Dis: 19Mar75 402479 PoW Dis: 17Oct46 MILLIGAN James McPherson Born Hurstville NSW Born Sydney NSW 1310076 RAF MAHER Eric Francis 404448 TAYLOR William James MILLS David Bruce 407298 PoW Dis: 7Dec45 Born 407775 Richmond SA Balaklava SA Rosewood QLD WYLLIE Maxwell Joseph NETTLE William Harrie TINKLER D 1006942 RAF Andrew MID 405001 PoW 400330 Camberwell VIC PoW Shot while Escaping: 22Apr43 Brisbane QLD Air Operations Duisburg Air Operations Emden (Wellington Z1462): 25-26Jul42 (Wellington Z1486): 19- Air Operations Bremen LEIGHTON John William 20Jun42 (Wellington Z1470): 2-3Jul4 Edward MID (Twice) 40053 ANIVITTI Maurice Ermini HANCOCKS John Douglas RAF Born Goulburn NSW 401408 Rose Bay NSW 401237 2 Sheffield Yorkshire SAMS Laurence James 407834 JAMES Lionel Heyman 403109 LARK Charles Roland 403409 Adelaide SA Born Sydney NSW PoW (Repatriated Oct43) SHERMAN Raphael 404804 KITCHEN David Gordon Dis: 22Sep44 Born Sydney PoW Dis: 2Nov45 Born 400805 Hawthorn VIC NSW Brisbane QLD STEVENS Geoffrey Lovell McCRAE Allan Edwin 406444 SINCLAIR Clarence Frederick 400160 Malvern VIC Kalgoorlie WA 405219 PoW Dis: 22Oct45 WATSON Denis John Whelan WEBB Albert Ernest William Born Wilberforce NSW 1281960 RAF 406272 Born Canterbury TAYLOR William George 6201 Air Operations Mine-Laying