LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Walter Douglas PEARCE
Service No: 413791
Born: Lewisham NSW, 24 August 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 September 1941
Unit: No. 194 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 194 Squadron Dakota aircraft FZ600), Northern India, 19 April 1944, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Kohima War Cemetery, Assam, Northern India
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Roland Henry and Myra Lavina Pearce, of Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Petersham NSW
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 April 1944, Dakota FZ600 crashed into a hillside when dropping supplies in Northern India and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of FZ600 were:
Pilot Officer Burton Roxborough Christie (J/88718) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer I George Wellington Hansford (R/84402) (RCAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer Walter Douglas Pearce (413791) (Navigator)
Pilot Officer Charles Esley Tattrie (J/88534) (RCAF) (Wireless Air 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, 166/32/413