LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Ronald Loris NALL
Service No: 411367
Born: Concord West NSW, 1 June 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 28 April 1941
Unit: No. 7 Squadron, RAAF Station Laverton VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Squadron Hudson aircraft A16-151), Christmas Hill VIC, 15 April 1942, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Cremated
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert and Muriel Lillian Nall; husband of Marjory Ethel Nall, of Parramatta. A.C.A. (Aust.) Chartered Accountant
Roll of Honour: Moree NSW
Remembered: Rookwood Crematorium, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At about 2300 hours on 15 April 1942, Hudson A16-151 crashed at Christmas Hill, near Yarra Glen, Victoria, and all five crew members were killed. The cause of the accident is unknown. The crew members of A16-151 were:
Sergeant Alan William Amey (401876) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Richard George Banks (405564) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Keith William Higgie (40512) (Supernumerary)
Pilot Officer Ronald Loris Nall (411367) (Observer)
Sergeant Norman Leslie Thomas (416109) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/48/32
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992