LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Lindsay Gordon FAUNT
Service No: 402649
Born: Cootamundra NSW, 27 July 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 September 1940
Unit: No. 99 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Waterbeach
Died: Air Operations: (No. 99 Squadron Wellington aircraft R3222), North West Europe, 20 October 1941, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick Samuel and Eliza Jane Faunt, of Miranda, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sutherland NSW
Remembered: Panel 62, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 122, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 20 October 1941 Wellington R3222 took off from Waterbeach to attack Bremen, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off, and it did not return to base. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1949 that the missing crew members had lost their lives at sea.
The crew members of R3222 were:
Sergeant Richard Butt Allport (1167409) (RAFVR)
Sergeant Harry Edward Dance (1154126) (RAFVR)
Sergeant Lindsay Gordon Faunt (402649) (Pilot)
Sergeant Philip Kay (1377632) (RAFVR)
Sergeant John Anthony McDonough (987680) (RAFVR)
Sergeant Robert Pinkerton (1023027) (RAFVR)
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, 163/110/321