LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Graham Murray HARDING
Service No: 423539
Born: Toowoomba QLD, 28 September 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 14 July 1942 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School, Narrendera NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 8 Service Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-257), Narrendera, 9 May 1943, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Narrendera War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Murdoch Hastie Harding and Lorna Lovoma Harding, of Vaucluse
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Narrandera Tiger Moth Memorial, Narrandera NSW
At 1440 hours on 9 March 1943, Tiger Moth aircraft A17-174 and A17-257 collided over the Cobbaguaila satellite airfield. All four crew members from both aircraft were killed. The crew members were:
A17-257
Flying Officer Charles Edward Croft (401616) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Graham Murray Harding (423539) (Trainee Pilot)
A17-174
Flying Vincent Thomas Connellan (407571) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Philip McLean Phillips (422979) (Trainee Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 87
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line