Goirle Roman Catholic Cemetery

Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

There are now 28, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this site. The Commonwealth Plot is in the south-east corner of the cemetery.

 

Served with

  • Australian (2)
  • Dutch (1)
  • Polish (4)
  • United Kingdom (21)

Served in

  • Air Force (11)
  • Army (16)
  • Navy (1)

Halifax BIII LV780 – 424 Sqdn
Took off 2230 22 April 1944 from RAF Skipton-on-Swale. Cause of loss not established.

 

Crew

Flight Sergeant Leslie HANSON (1131665) Wireless Operator RAF

Sergeant Lionel WALTERS (1850361) Flight Engineer RAF

 

Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery

Pilot Officer Frederick Peter CAMMAART (J/88363) Air Bomber RCAF   12. E. 3.

Pilot Officer John Seddon LAIRD (J/87503) Navigator RCAF                     11. E. 4.

Pilot Officer John James RENNING (J/91048) Air Gunner RCAF                11. E. 6.

Pilot Officer Wilfred Ferdinand VORNBROCK (J/87663) Pilot RCAF         11. E. 9.

 

Prisoners of War for Halifax BIII LV780

Sergeant F. P. MORRISEY (R/166374) Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia

Halifax BIII MZ622 – 76 Sqdn

Took off 2238 24 May 1944 from RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Cause of loss not established.

 

Crew

Sergeant Kenneth Herbert ALLAKER (1471670) Navigator RAF

Flight Sergeant Malcolm Henry GRAYDON (419443) RAAF

Sergeant James HORROCKS (2209732) Air Gunner RAF          

Sergeant Stanley PATTERSON (1553418) Air Bomber RAF

Sergeant Roy Edwin Dennis ROBINSON (1725072) Flight Engineer RAF

Flight Sergeant Peter Stuart WADE (426719) RAAF

 

Flight Sergeant Malcolm Henry GRAYDON - 419443

Royal Australian Air Force

Died 25 May 1944 Age 23

Son of Malcolm and Lilian Emma Graydon, of Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia.

Personal Inscription: HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. OUR LOVED SON

 

Flight Sergeant Peter Stuart WADE - 426719

Royal Australian Air Force

Died 25 May 1944 Age 23

Son of William Alfred and Violet Mary Wade, of Cecil Plains, Queensland, Australia.

Personal Inscription: HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED

 

NAA Item Number 5542731 Wade
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Killed as the result of a vehicle accident

Leading Aircraftman Albert James ROBSON (1552517) RAF VR

Circumstances of death unknown

Sergeant William Alfred BYRD (544393) RAF

Sergeant John Thomas SHARMAN (1351877) RAF VR