LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Clarence Alfred SEENEY
Service No: 414519
Born: Goodna QLD, 12 May 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 October 1941
Unit: No. 453 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 453 Squadron Spitfire aircraft NH494), France, 25 July 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Coulonces Churchyard, Orne, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred and Madge Seeney, of South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 25 July 1944, Spitfire NH494 flown by Warrant Officer Seeney was on an armed reconnaissance and during an attack on German road movements, it dived too low and struck power lines. At 0645 hours the aircraft crashed in flames eight miles east of Falaise, France and he was killed.
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, 166/37/452