LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman Raymond Colin GLENN

Service No: 74446
Born: Moss Vale NSW, 1 December 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 December 1942
Unit: No. 120 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron
Died: Ground Accident, Merauke, New Guinea, 18 May 1944
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Alexander and Annie Glenn, of Moss Vale, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Moss Vale NSW
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Moss Vale War Memorial, Moss Vale NSW

On 18 May 1944, Leading Aircraftman Glenn, an Armourer Assistant, was accidently shot while servicing a gun on a P40 aircraft at Merauke, New Guinea.

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, 166/15/253
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line

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