LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Leonard BREEN
Service No: 3293
Born: Kew VIC, 10 December 1909
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 March 1938
Unit: No. 24 Squadron, Bankstown NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 24 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-109), Dee Why NSW, 3 November 1942, Aged 32 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Francis Augustus and Elizabeth Breen; husband of Mary Breen, of Preston, Victoria.
Roll of Honour: Preston VIC
Remembered: Panel 102, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1559 hours on 3 November 1942, No. 24 Squadron Wirraway A20-109 crashed at the northern end of Dee Why Beach. The crash was believed to have been as the result of adverse weather conditions and both crew members were killed. The crew members were:
Flight Sergeant Leonard Breen (3293) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Gilbert Francis Daw (406348) (Pilot)
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, 105
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Wirraway, Boomerang and CA-15 in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1991