LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Jack Lindsay SMITH
Service No: 405027
Born: Marrickville NSW, 15 January 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 January 1941 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 104 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 104 Squadron Wellington aircraft Z8594), Libya, 14 October 1942, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Sydney and Myra May Smith, of Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia. M.P.S.
Roll of Honour: Cairns QLD
Remembered: Column 266, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 130, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 14 October 1942 Wellington Z8594 took off from Kabrit at night to attack Tobruk. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. It is believed that the aircraft may have been lost over the target area.
The crew members of Z8594 were:
Pilot Officer Edward William Baldwin (134505) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Hubert Reginald Clark (1285057) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator)
Flight Sergeant Russell James Elliott (J/16104) (RCAF) (Observer)
Flight Sergeant Ronald Dillon Gannon (405548) (Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer David Mitchell Keane (404441) (RNZAF) (Second Pilot)
Sergeant Jack Lindsay Smith (405027) (Second Observer)
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, 163/162/483