LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Arthur Albert ADOLPH
Service No: 413719
Born: Paddington NSW, 2 March 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 September 1941
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit, Bairnsdale VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Operational Training Unit Beaufort aircraft A9-5), Bairnsdale, 17 November 1942, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Rookwood Necropolis, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Albert Arthur and Mary Elizabeth Adolph, of Granville.
Roll of Honour: Granville NSW
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: University of Sydney World War II Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
On 17 November 1943, Beaufort A9-5 crashed during non-operational navigational reconnaissance flight 5 miles east north east of Bairnsdale. The aircraft apparently stalled while attempting a forced landing.
The crew members of A9-5 were:
Sergeant Arthur Albert Adolph (413719) (Observer)
Sergeant Ian Waldock Garside (409685) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Alan Francis Musgrave (409728) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Frank Watson Wildy (415208) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 241
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line