LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant John Walter MONTGOMERY-MORTIMER
Service No: 412174
Born: Mosman NSW, 17 August 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1941
Unit: No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School, Benalla VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-428), near Benalla, 14 May 1944, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Benalla War Cemetery, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Sydney and Mary Adelaide Montgomery-Mortimer, of Mosman, New South Wales; husband of Ruby Lovel Montgomery-Mortimer, of Cremorne, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Mosman NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1445 hours on 14 May 1944, Tiger Moth A17-428 crashed five miles north of the Benalla aerodrome, while carrying out instrument tests and Flight Lieutenant Montgomery-Mortimer was killed. The aircraft spun to the right and failed to recover.
The crew members of A17-428 were:
Leading Aircraftman Raymond Arthur Fitzharding Braham (438616) (Trainee Pilot) Seriously Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 20 July 1945
Flight Lieutenant John Walter Montgomery-Mortimer (412174) (Instructor 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, 166/28/296; A9845, 44