LEST WE FORGET

Sergeant Philip Thornton ELLIOTT

Service No: 404618
Born: Ipswich QLD, 25 August 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 October 1940
Unit: No. 112 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 112 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft GK700), Libya, 9 March 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of the Revd. Joseph Elliott and Constance Emily Elliott, of Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Maryborough QLD
Remembered: Panel 121, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

During air operations on 9 March 1942 Kittyhawk GK700 crashed in the vicinity of Bardia, Libya and Sergeant Elliott was killed

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, 163/107/90

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