LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Garth Elliott CASWELL
Service No: 404709
Born: Rockhampton QLD, 6 February 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1940
Unit: No. 60 Squadron (RAF), Deployment to Ratmalana, Sri Lanka
Died: Air Operations: (No. 60 Squadron Hurricane aircraft BG795), Colombo, 5 April 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Colombo (Kanatte) General Cemetery, Sri Lanka
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Norman Henry and Marjorie Galbraith Caswell, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Dip. Agric. (Gatton)
Roll of Honour: Toowoomba QLD
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0110 hours on 5 April 1942 Hurricane BG795 took off from Ratmalana aerodrome during a general air attack by Japanese aircraft on Colombo. BG795 was seen engaging an enemy aircraft and during the combat BG795 crashed in flames approximately 8 miles north east of Ratmalana aerodrome killing Flying Officer Caswell.
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, 163/25/125