LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman William Joseph WERNER
Service No: 15281
Born: Penrith NSW, 6 September 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 May 1940
Unit: No. 2 Service Flying Training School, Forrest Hill NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-258), near Tumut NSW, 15 December 1941, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Penrith General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Frederick and Ivy Sybil Werner, of Penrith
Roll of Honour: Penrith NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Penrith City City Memory Park, Penrith NSW
At 0920 hours on 15 December 1941, Wirraway A20-258 crashed 3 miles west of Tumut, New South Wales, and the crew of two was killed. The aircraft had been doing low aerobatics over Tumut and hit trees on a hillside and crashed.
The crew members of A20-258 were:
Sergeant William Armour Magrath (403354) (Test Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman William Joseph Werner (15281) (Mechanic)
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, 163/177/183; A9845, 110
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line