LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Robert Mayer WOOLLEY
Service No: 414618
Born: Mungana QLD, 26 February 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 October 1941
Unit: No.10 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit (RAF), RAF Station Dumfries
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 10 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit Anson aircraft DJ575), Scotland, 5 December 1942, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Troqueer New Burial Ground, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry Mayer Woolley and Eilie Woolley, of Charleville, Queensland. Australia
Roll of Honour: Cairns QLD
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 5 December 1942, Anson DJ575 took off on a night flight from Dumfries and crashed at Brownhill Farm, Carsethorn, Kircudbrightshire, and all the crew members were killed. It was considered that the Pilot lost control of the aircraft.
The crew members of DJ575 were:
Pilot Officer Peter Robert Allen (130265) (RAFVR) (First Navigator)
Sergeant William Alfred Edwards (1261646) (RAFVR) (Staff Wireless Operator)
Flying Officer Jack Sawyer (123840) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman William Thomas Whiting (1270552) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator under training)
Sergeant Robert Mayer Woolley (414618) (Second Navigator)
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, 163/179/262