LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Ronald Allan CUTHILL
Service No: 10693
Born: Stawell VIC, 7 August 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 June 1940
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit, Bairnsdale VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Operational Training Unit Beaufort aircraft A9-28), Bass Strait, 12 September 1942, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Timothy and Agnes Helen Cuthill, of Elsternwick, Victoria.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 6, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On an operational exercise on 12 September 1942, Beaufort A9-28 went missing in Bass Strait between Bairnsdale and Flinders Island sometime between 0619 and 1419 hours. The crew members of A9-28 were:
Sergeant Andrew Basil Barton (403304) (Pilot)
Sergeant Ronald Allan Cuthill (10693) (Observer)
Sergeant Patrick John Healy (416672) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Peter Kimber Pugh (416700) (Wireless Air Gunner)
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
Bibliography:
Lax, M. (Mark) (editor) Always Ready: a history of RAAF East Sale, RAAF Publications Unit Melbourne VIC, 1993
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1990