LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Peter Sylvester Anthony St. LEDGER
Service No: 425375
Born: Cunnamulla QLD, 13 February 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 1 February 1942
Unit: No. 75 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Mepal
Died: Air Operations: (No. 75 Squadron Stirling aircraft EE915), North West Europe, 31 July 1943, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Dr. Anthony Waddington St. Ledger and Kathleen Josephine St. Ledger, of Hawthorne, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 189, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 130, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2234 hours on 30 July 1943 Stirling EE915 took off from Mepal to attack Remscheid, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1950 that the missing crew members had no known graves.
The crew members of EE915 were:
Flight Sergeant Jack Neville Darney (42376) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant George Chamberlain Davies (1027862) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Flight Lieutenant Leonard Charles Dive- Robinson (143800) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Ronald Charles George Evans (1390444) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Flying Officer Peter Sylvester Anthony St. Ledger (425375) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Robert James Stone (415383) (RNZAF) (Navigator)
Sergeant Terrance James Vercoe (415566) (RNZAF) (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, 166/38/213