LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Graeme Morrison MILLER
Service No: 422227
Born: Croydon NSW, 2 February 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 April 1942
Unit: No. 464 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 464 Squadron Mosquito aircraft MM423), France, 8 August 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Menil-Hubert-Sur-Orne Communal Cemetery, Orne, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur Sydney and Isabel McNeil Miller, of Croydon, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 109, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Mosquito MM423 took off from RAF Thorney Island at 0240 hours on the night of 7/8th August 1944, being part of a squadron force of 14 aircraft detailed to carry out night intruder operations and strike road and rail junctions in support of the Army in Northern France. MM423 failed to return from the mission and both the crew members were killed. Later enquiries by a Missing Research and Enquiry Unit including discussions with local inhabitants established that the aircraft was shot down by German flak early in 1944 on either the 6 or 7 August 1944. The name Miller was taken from one identity disc and evidence from the wreckage indicated a Mosquito aircraft and a piece of metal was stamped MM423.
The crew members of MM423 were:
Flight Sergeant Alfred Lister (1511919) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Graeme Morrison Miller (422227) (Pilot)
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, 166/27/534
Bibliography:
Lax, M. (Mark) and Leon Kane-Maguire The Gestapo Hunters: 464 Squadron RAAF 1942-5, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 1999
Vincent, D. (David) Mosquito Monograph: A history of Mosquitoes in Australia and RAAF operations, David Vincent Highbury SA 5089, 1982