LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Hamilton WAY
Service No: 1565
Born: 22 September 1905, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School, Narromine NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-3), near Lithgow NSW, 3 June 1942, Aged 36 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George and Ada Way; husband of Alice Alma Way, of Croydon Park
Roll of Honour: Newcastle NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Royal Newcastle Aero Club Roll of Honor, Rutherford NSW
On the 3 June 1942, Tiger Moth A17-3 crashed at Medlow Bath, NSW and the two on board were killed. The aircraft became lost in bad weather when on a ferry flight and crashed on the Bathurst Road in the vicinity of Lithgow.
The crew members of A17-13 were:
Mr Vincent H Bragg (Supernumerary) Department of Home Security
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Hamilton Way (1565) (Pilot)
Commonwealth War Graves does not record Mr Bragg.
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, 163/63/151
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line