LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Edward James GRAY
Service No: 404629
Born: Waverley NSW, 18 February 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 October 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 450 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 450 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft AK609), Libya, 27 February 1942, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Joseph and Mary Gray; husband of Anna Gray, of Goodna, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Goodna QLD
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 27 February 1942, Kittyhawk AK609 flown by Sergeant Gray was one of ten aircraft on patrol over the Tobruk area, Libya. Enemy aircraft were encountered and AK609 was reported shot down in the ensuing fight north-west of El Adem.
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, 163/118/288