LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Sydney Charles HAVARD
Service No: 403868
Born: Sydney NSW, 22 March 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 March 1941
Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Operational Training Unit Kittyhawk aircraft A28-89), Coomealla NSW, 28 September 1942, Aged 21 Years
Cremated: Sydney (Eastern Suburbs) Crematorium NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Sam and Janet Havard, of Maroubra
Roll of Honour: Randwick NSW
Remembered: Panel 5, NSW Cremation Memorial
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0915 hours on 28 September 1942, Kittyhawk A29-89 flown by Sergeant Harvard crashed at Coomealla, New South Wales, and he was killed. The aircraft went into an uncontrollable spin from 6,500 feet and crashed.
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, 166/120/590; A9845, 4