LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant John Graham MERRETT
Service No: 402294
Born: Sydney NSW, 3 November 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 July 1940
Unit: No. 72 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Biggin Hill
Died: Air Operations: (No. 72 Squadron Spitfire aircraft P8560), North Sea, 27 September 1941, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Zeeland, Netherlands
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Merrett, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1330 hours on 27 September 1941 Sergeant Merrett took off from Biggin Hill in Spitfire P8560 to carry out an operational patrol along the Dutch Coast. Nothing was heard from the aircraft and it failed to return to base. Sergeant Merrett’s body was washed ashore in the Netherlands on 23 October 1941.
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, 163/143/49