LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Joseph Herbert Graham NASH
Service No: 403647
Born: Mackay QLD, 30 November 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 February 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No 37 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 37 Squadron Wellington aircraft DV569), Central Mediterranean, 23 February 1943, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph Wilfred Edward and Florence Nash, of Boggabri, New South Wales; husband of Roma Nash, of Mt. Colah, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Boggabri NSW
Remembered: Column 278, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Narrabri RSL War Memorial, Narrabri NSW
At 2100 hours on 22 February 1943 Wellington DV569 took off to attack a target at Palermo, Sicily. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base.
The crew members of DV569 were:
Flight Sergeant Joseph Thom Lindsay (1378705) (RAFVR)
Warrant Officer James Dickinson Massey (R/77245) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Joseph Herbert Graham Nash (403647) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Sergeant Robert Scott (1217259) (RAFVR)
Flying Officer Peter Radcliffe Ward (106073) (RAFVR)
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, 166/29/4
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line