LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Ronald Lindsay MORRISON
Service No: 401456
Born: Williamstown VIC, 7 August 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 February 1941
Unit: No. 18 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 18 Squadron Mitchell aircraft N5-150), Timor, 2 June 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ronald Ross Morrison and Florence Emily Morrison, of Black Rock, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sandringham VIC
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 2 June 1943, Mitchell N5-150 went missing after an attack on shipping at Lauten, Timor. N5-150 was one of four aircraft on the mission and its bombs were seen to burst near an enemy destroyer. N5-150 was last seen heading through thick weather towards the mainland and being subjected to intense anti-aircraft fire from the ships under attack and the shore defences. A search the following day found no trace of N5-150.
The crew members of N5-150 were:
Sergeant Major H van den Berg (95421) (NEIAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant A Bouwman (93090) (NEIAF) (Second Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Ronald Lindsay Morrison (401456) (Bombardier)
Sergeant Gordon Francis Pritchard (414160) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Thomas Edward Williams (404148) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 24
Bibliography:
Hurst, D. (Doug) The Fourth Ally: The Dutch forces in Australia in WWII, Doug Hurst, Canberra, 2001