LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant John Harvison MANUEL
Service No: 421120
Born: Armidale NSW, 4 August 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 December 1941
Unit: No. 13 Service Flying Training School (RCAF), St Hubert
Died: Aircraft Accident, (No. 13 Service Flying Training School Harvard aircraft 3071), Quebec, 17 March 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery, Quebec
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leslie St. Clair Manuel and Amy Monica Manuel, of Long Jetty, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Armidale NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Armidale Dumaresq Council War Memorial Library, Armidale NSW
On 17 March 1943, Harvard 3071 from St Hubert crashed at approximately 1800 hours near St Amable Belceil township in the Province of Quebec, killing Sergeant Manuel.
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, 166/27/73
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line