LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Ronald George BONYTHON
Service No: 416822
Born: Rose Park SA, 12 November 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 October 1941
Unit: No. 1 Rescue and Communication Squadron, Port Moresby, PNG
Died: Air Operations (No. 1 Rescue and Communication Squadron Seagull aircraft A2-19), Jacquinot Bay, 11 September 1943, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Mitchell Bonython and Annie Bonython; husband of Phyllis Eva Bonython, of Payneham, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Payneham SA
Remembered: Panel 34, Rabaul Memorial, PNG
Remembered: Panel 111, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 11 September 1943, Seagull A2-19 went missing on a flight from Kiriwina to Cape Beechy. The crew members were:
Flying Officer Ronald George Bonython (416822) (Pilot) No. 1 Rescue and Communication Squadron
Flying Officer Raymond Arthur Kelley (1432) (Navigator) No. 30 Squadron
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 A705, 166/6/270