LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Morris Ambrose BELLERT
Service No: 404001
Born: Brisbane QLD, 14 November 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 April 1940
Unit: No. 82 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 82 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft A29-641), off Manokwari, 18 October 1944, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Richard Albert Julius and Mary Jane Bellert; husband of Nea Raie Bellert, of Casino, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 18 October 1944, Kittyhawk A29-641 flown by Flying Officer Bellert together with three other aircraft was returning to base at Noemfoor, after completing an operational sweep of Ceram and neighbouring islands when it encountered bad weather in the Vogelkop area. A29-641 was last seen off Manokwari, Dutch New Guinea, heading north-west, but it failed to arrive at its destination.
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, 166/5/743; A9845, 165