LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Harold Roy STEVENS
Service No: 429032
Born: Penrith NSW, 2 October 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 October 1942
Unit: Target Towing and Special Duties Flight, RAAF Station Richmond NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (Beaufighter A8-356), Richmond, 29 July 1947, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Richmond War Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Roy and Maybelle Stevens; husband of Patricia Louise Stevens, of Camperdown
At 1850 hours on 29 July 1947, Warrant Officer Stevens flying Beaufighter A8-356 solo spun into the ground from about 4,000 feet. The aircraft was on an engine feathering exercise and at about 1,000 feet the port engine was seen to break from the airframe.
Having died outside the specified period (3 September 1939 to 30 June 1947), Warrant Officer Stevens does not meet an eligibility criterion for inclusion on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour for World War II. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission recognises his death.
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/38/1431; A9845, 58