LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Harold David CHRISTIAN
Service No: 400779
Born: South Yarra VIC, 27 February 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1940
Unit: No. 111 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 111 Squadron Spitfire aircraft ER605), Tunisia, 22 December 1942, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry James Christian and Irene Martha Medwin Christian, of Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Spitfire HR 605 while carrying out an operational sweep on 22 December 1942 was shot down by Allied anti-aircraft gunners at Souk el Ehemis, Tunisia. Pilot Officer Christian was injured in the crash but died at 0912 hours that same day during emergency surgery.
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, 163/25/221