LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Harold James ROBERTS
Service No: 13737
Born: Melbourne VIC, 13737
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 March 1941
Unit: No. 5 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-284), Toowoomba QLD, 28 October 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Toowoomba Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James William and Ida Bessie Roberts; husband of Joyce Laura Roberts, of Coburg, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Coburg VIC
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2040 hours on 28 October 1942, Wirraway A20-284 crashed when landing at night at Toowoomba. The aircraft stalled and both the crew members were killed.
The crew members of A20-284 were:
Sergeant Harold James Roberts (13737) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Jack William Herbert Thorncraft (412214) (Pilot)
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 A705, 163/158/396; A9845, 110