LEST WE FORGET

Pilot Officer Harry Maynard WALSH

Service No: 402581
Born: 13 November 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 September 1940
Unit: No. 15 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 15 Operational Training Unit Wellington aircraft Z6354), Berkshire, 25 September 1941, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Harwell Cemetery, Berkshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William James Walsh and Nellie May Walsh, of Kogarah Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

At 0320 hours on 25 September 1941 Wellington Z6354 crashed at Jarn Mound, Boors Hill, Berkshire. The accident occurred when the aircraft was attempting to land after the port engine had failed.

The crew members of Z6354 were:

Sergeant Marten William Foxon (930360) (RAFVR)
Sergeant Frederick Jackson Kemp (929624) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Louis Charles Joseph Marien (1176661) (RAFVR)
Pilot Officer Robert Andrew McConnochie (66573) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Edward Murch (1377658) (RAFVR)
Pilot Officer Harry Maynard Walsh (402581) (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, 163/63/96

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