LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant James David GARROW
Service No: 404529
Born: Dalby QLD, 4 September 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 September 1940
Unit: No. 405 Squadron (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 405 Squadron Wellington aircraft W5589), Yorkshire, 5 January 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Barmby-on-the-Moor (St Catherine) Churchyard, Yorkshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Peter and Helena Esther Garrow, of Ascot, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 5 January 1942, Wellington W5589 developed engine trouble while carrying out an Air Test and crashed at 1015 hours while trying to force land near an artillery range at Strenshall, five miles north of York. All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of W5589 were:
Flight Sergeant Osborne Bayfield Le Furgey (R/50333) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant James David Garrow (404529) (Observer)
Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer (R/18039) (RCAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant William Alan Robertson (R/59266) (RCAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Peter Wityck (R/80002) (RCAF) (Second Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/115/73