LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer William Valentine HERBERT AFC
Service No: 2151
Born: 28 July 1983, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School, Narrandera NSW
Awarded the Air Force Cross (AFC), 3 June 1919
Died: Ground Accident, Newport NSW, 21 September 1941, Aged 48 Years
Cremated: Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Morgan Herbert and Florence Herbert, husband of Armenell M.A. Herbert, of Nimmitabel
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 5, NSW Cremation Memorial, Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Adaminaby District WW2 Honour Roll, Adaminaby NSW
Remembered: St John’s Anglican Church WW2 Honour Roll, Adaminaby NSW
Flying Officer Herbert served with the Light Horse and then with No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, in World War I.
On 21 September 1941, Flying Officer Herbert (Administrative and Special Duties) died as a result of falling from a cliff at Newport, New South Wales, while on sick leave.
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
Cutlack, F.M. (Frederic Morley) The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War 1914-8, Angus and Robertson Ltd Sydney, 1941
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/35/131
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line