LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Brian Robert BRIGHT
Service No: 407841
Born: Broken Hill NSW, 24 April 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 1 February 1941 (at Adelaide SA)
Unit: No. 32 Squadron, Horn Island QLD
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 32 Squadron Hudson aircraft A16-190), off the Queensland Coast, 23 May 1942, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry Garrood Bright and Mary Margaret Bright, of Broken Hill, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 6, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 102, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
Remembered: Commonwealth Bank of Australia Honour Rolls, Sydney NSW
On 23 May 1942 No. 32 Squadron Hudson A16-190 crashed into the sea off Beverley Island in the Northumberland Group which is to the south east of Mackay, Queensland. The crew members were:
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Adams (692) (Pilot)
Sergeant Brian Robert Bright (407841) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Beverley Kilgour Chandler (21351) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer John Desmond Power (416230) (Observer)
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, 163/93/523
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Gaston, Bruce DFC (406646), Harry Horner DFC OAM (406595), Raymond Storer (406666) (Editors), Aircrew for the Duration: of and by members of RAAF EATS Courses 10, 11, 12 & 13, Gaston Horner and Storer, Nedlands WA, 1990
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992