LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Francis Olef HALEY
Service No: 121598
Born: Norwood SA, 12 October 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 November 1942
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-122), Deniliquin, 25 June 1944, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Deniliquin War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Albert Francis and Dorothy Lucy Haley, of Queenstown, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Port Adelaide SA
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
During a training flight on 25 June 1944, Wirraway A20-122 crashed 15 kms east south east of Deniliquin at 2230 hours, and its pilot, Leading Aircraftman Haley, flying solo, was killed. The cause of the accident is unknown.
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