LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant James Richard IVORY
Service No: 22929
Born: Dalby QLD, 12 July 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 July 1940
Unit: No. 150 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: Invasion of Sicily (No. 150 Squadron Wellington aircraft HF535), Central Mediterranean, 7 August 1943, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Archibald Montague and Annie Lambert Ivory, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 11, Column 2, Malta Memorial, Malta
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Wellington HF535 took off at 0116 hours on 7 August 1943 being one of a number of aircraft detailed to attack the beaches between Cape Pelere and Messina. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded that the missing crew have no known graves.
The crew members of HF535 were:
Sergeant James Binnie (1028032) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Chester Coburn Darling (J/21819) (RCAF) (Navigator)
Sergeant Alexander Dewar (1514168) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant James Richard Ivory (22929) (Pilot)
Sergeant Stanley Waddy Knight (1512705) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
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, 166/19/23