LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Cyril Spencer LUKE
Service No: 412461
Born: Ourimbah NSW, 17 April 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 19 July 1941
Unit: No. 43 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 43 Squadron Spitfire MH659) Italy, 5 February 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Stanley John Henry and Clara Adelaide Luke, of Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia; husband of June Luke, of Merrylands, New South Wales.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 126, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Australian Armed Forces Bicentennial Memorial, Ourimbah NSW
Warrant Officer Luke, a Pilot, was shot down killed in Spitfire MH659 when flying on air operations over Italy on 5 February 1944.
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 A9310, 412461
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line