LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Kenneth William MORRISON
Service No: 22395
Born: Wiluna WA, 26 April 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 May 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 77 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Elvington
Died: Air Operations: (No. 77 Squadron Halifax aircraft JD126), Netherlands, 10 July 1943, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William John and Bertha Anna Morrison
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2309 hours on the night of 9 July 1943 Halifax JD126 took off from Elvington detailed to bomb Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. Post War reports by Missing Research and Enquiry teams stated “the aircraft was hit by flak and crashed at 0130 hours on 10 July 1943 at Witmatsum in the province of Friesland,
North Holland.” All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of JD126 were:
Sergeant Edward Frederick Fare (656329) (RAF) (Navigator)
Sergeant Kenneth Foster (1455838) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Sergeant Gilbert John Greening (1313492) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant William McElroy (535709) (RAF) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant Kenneth William Morrison (22395) (Pilot)
Sergeant Andrew Thomson (1551466) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Harry Williams (531347) (RAF) (Rear 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, 166/28/108