LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Laurie Edwin SHEARD
Service No: 416369
Born: Gawler SA, 9 March 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 May 1941
Unit: No. 32 Squadron, Horn Island QLD
Died: Air Operations (No. 32 Squadron Hudson aircraft A16-201), New Guinea, 22 July 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harold Llewellyn Sheard and Rose Hilda Sheard, of Port Elliott, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Nuriootpa SA
Remembered: Panel 103, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 22 July 1942, Hudson A16-201 went missing on operations in the Buna Bay vicinity. The crew members of A16-201 were:
Pilot Officer Warren Frank Cowan (407614) (Pilot)
Sergeant Russell Bradburn Polack (411183) (Second Pilot)
Sergeant Laurie Edwin Sheard (416369) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer David Reid Taylor (408206) (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 A9845, 137
Bibliography:
Vincent, D. (David) The RAAF Hudson Story Book 1, D. Vincent Highbury SA 5089, 1989
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992