LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Cecil TEYS
Service No: 405945
Born: Goondiwindi QLD, 17 June 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1941
Unit: No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Uranquinty NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-552), south east of Uranquinty, 3 July 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Wagga Wagga General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Andrew and Catherine Anne Teys, of Corinda, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1240 hours on 3 July 1942, Wirraway A20-552 crashed on Mangoplan Road, 42 miles south east of Uranquinty and the crew was killed. The aircraft had been on an instrument flying exercise, and had apparently spun in out of control.
The crew members of A209-552 were:
Leading Aircraftman Bruce Sidney McCredie (413010) (Trainee Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Cecil Teys (405945) (Trainee Pilot)
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, 163/166/216; A9845, 197