LEST WE FORGET

Sergeant Burton Paget HOAD

Service No: 402121
Born: Reigate, England, 9 December 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 May 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 55 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 55 Squadron Blenheim aircraft Z7683), Libya, 29 October 1941, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Burton Charles and Maggie Hoad; husband of Estelle Millicent Hoad, of Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. A.B.I.A.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Column 246, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Goulburn-Mulwaree Honour Roll 1939-1972, Goulburn NSW
Remembered: Commonwealth Bank of Australia Honour Rolls, Sydney NSW

At 1655 hours on 29 October 1941 Blenheim Z7683 took off to carry out a high level night attack on dumps in the Timini area, Libya. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. In 1948 it was recorded that the missing crew had no known grave.

The crew members of Z7683 were:

Lieutenant D H Blair (48045V) (SAAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant Burton Paget Hoad (402121) (Observer)
Sergeant Robert Houston Wilson (400262) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)

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, 163/123/162
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line

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