LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer James Joseph GUERIN
Service No: 403136
Born: Wollongong NSW, 12 January 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 December 1940
Unit: No. 249 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Raid: Malta, 21 March 1942, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Malta (Capucinni) Naval Cemetery, Malta
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Daniel Joseph and Mary Guerin, of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Wollongong NSW
Remembered: Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During an air raid on Rabat, Malta, on 21 March 1942, Flying Officer Guerin was killed when a bomb hit the Officers’ Mess.
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, 163/34/167