LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Lloyd John WELLINGTON
Service No: 407472
Born: Adelaide SA, 5 April 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 October 1940
Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit, Mildura VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Operational Training Unit Wirraway aircraft A20-499), Lake Victoria NSW, 14 October 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: North Road Anglican Cemetery, Nailsworth SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Stephen Lloyd Wellington and Clemo Ada Wellington, of Prospect
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
At about 1640 hours on 14 October 1942, Wirraway A20-499 crashed into Lake Victoria while on a gunnery exercise and the pilot, Flight Sergeant Wellington, flying solo, was killed.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 195
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Wirraway, Boomerang and CA-15 in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1991