LEST WE FORGET
Lieutenant Roy Cumestree TROUT
Service No: Not Assigned
Born: Brisbane QLD, February 1895
Enlisted in the Army: 8 August 1916
Unit: No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Died: Aircraft Accident, Warwickshire, 27 July 1917, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Coventry (London Road) Cemetery, Coventry, Warwickshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Walter John and Alice Trout, of Victoria Street, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland. Born at Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland
Place of Association: Red Hill QLD
Remembered: Panel 188, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Before completing the account of the Squadron’s period of duty in England, it is necessary to record one further unfortunate incident, the death of Lieutenant R. C. Trout. This officer, who was one of the original members of the Squadron, had been sent with several other officers of the Squadron to Coventry on temporary duty as an R.E.8 “ferry pilot” for the Royal Flying Corps, and on the 27th July 1917, when taking off from Coventry to fly to Lympne, his aircraft (1) crashed, caught fire, and he was killed.
(1) RE8 aircraft A3772
Extract from Wrigley, H.N. (Henry Neilsen) (6) The Battle Below: Being the history of No. 3 Squadron AFC, Errol G. Knox Sydney NSW, 1935 – Page 28
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record B2455, TROUT ROY CUMESTREE
National Archives UK RAF Casualty Card 287653, 287956
Bibliography:
Muller, P. (Peter) and Hutchinson, J. (John) Secrets Revealed: a brief history of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, Lutheran Publishing House Adelaide SA 5000, 1991
Wrigley, H.N. (Henry Neilsen) (6) The Battle Below: Being the history of No. 3 Squadron AFC, Errol G. Knox Sydney NSW, 1935