LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant George Arthur Ross HARDY
Service No: 404966
Born: Brisbane QLD, 7 September 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 January 1941
Unit: No. 23 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 23 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-290), Ormiston QLD, 13 February 1942, Aged 24 Years
Cremated: Mt. Thompson Crematorium QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas Porter Ross Hardy and Elsie Hardy, of Clayfield
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Queensland Cremation Memorial, Brisbane
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1030 hours on 13 February 1942, Wirraways A20-100 and A20-290 collided in the air and the crews of both aircraft were killed. The aircraft crashed at Ormiston, Brisbane, during a practice air fighting exercise.
The crew members of A20-290 were:
Sergeant George Arthur Ross Hardy (404966) (Pilot)
Sergeant Frank Stanley Pledge (4576) (Observer)
The crew members of A20-100 were:
Sergeant Allan Charles Lord (2216) (Observer)
Sergeant Gordon Henry Williams (405337) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/120/373; A9845, 173