LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Joseph Gray MYERS
Service No: 411254
Born: Ballina NSW, 1 June 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 April 1941
Unit: No. 6 Service Flying Training School, Mallala SA
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 6 Service Flying Training School Anson aircraft W2370), Lake Albert SA, 3 June 1942, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Adelaide (West Terrace) Cemetery SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George Louis and Maud Myers; husband of Rosalie Myers, of Dorroughby, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 3 June 1942, Anson W2370 crashed into Lake Albert near Meningie, South Australia, when carrying out a forced landing at night. The four on board the aircraft lost their lives in the crash.
The crew members of W2370 were:
Sergeant Finlay Emmerson Anderson (401888) (Observer)
Leading Aircraftman William Stanley Butler (412898) (Supernumerary)
Sergeant Joseph Gray Myers (411254) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Graeme Yeoman Wadlow (403968) (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, 163/146/135; A9845, 78