LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Morris David HART
Service No: 402596
Born: Sydney NSW, 25 May 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 September 1940
Unit: No. 108 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 108 Squadron Wellington aircraft AD629), Libya/Egypt area, 12 August 1942, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of David and Winifred Hart, of Rhodes, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Column 266, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Concord War Memorial, Concord NSW
Remembered: NSW Police Chapel War Memorial, Goulburn NSW
Remembered: Roll of Honour N.S.W. Police 1939-1945, Surry Hills NSW
At 1946 hours on 12 August 1942 Wellington AD629 took off to carry out an operational sortie against Tobruk. Nothing further was heard of the aircraft or crew members after take-off. In 1948 it was recorded that all the crew members lost their lives and have no known graves.
The crew members of AD629 were:
Flying Officer William Gengos (402864) (Second Pilot)
Pilot Officer Roy Bertram Harris (112554) (RAFVR) (Navigator) No. 458 Squadron RAAF attached to No. 108 Squadron
Sergeant Morris David Hart (402596) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Athol Louis Opas (400354) (Wireless Operator)
Sergeant John Holman Taylor (1281936) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Flight Sergeant David Maitland Watts (402425) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/120/549
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line