LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Edward William Dawes GRAHAM
Service No: 402570
Born: South Brisbane QLD, 21 June 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 September 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 42 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 42 Operational Training Unit Blenheim aircraft V6037) Amesbury, Wiltshire, 22 September 1941, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Andover Cemetery, Hampshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Bertram Davies Graham and Esther Ella Graham, of Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Gympie QLD
Remembered: Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1600 hours on 22 September 1941, Sergeant Graham, an Observer, and two other crew members, were killed in Blenheim V6037 at Woodford, Amesbury, Wiltshire. The crew members were:
Sergeant Edward William Dawes Graham (402570) (Observer)
Pilot Officer Owen Llewellyn Gwynne (45328) (RAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant Theodore Jeffries (1381088) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
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, 163/118/202