LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Augustus Ronald MOLLER
Service No: 426369
Born: Leeton NSW, 22 July 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 June 1942 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 166 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Kirmington
Died: Air Operations: (No. 166 Squadron Lancaster aircraft LM135), France, 11 June 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Mareil-le-Guyon Communal Cemetery, Yvelines, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Peter William and Winifred Eleanor Moller, of Sunnybank, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2240 hours on the night of 10 June 1944 Lancaster LM135 took off from Kirmington detailed to bomb rail facilities at Acheres, France. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. A Missing Research & Enquiry team later reported: “The aircraft was shot down at Mareil-Le-Guyon, Montfort, L’Amaury, France, and all the crew members were killed.”
The crew members of LM135 were:
Sergeant James Alfred Cunningham (1803037) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Geoffrey Hodder-Williams (1628242) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant William Ralph Meddick (R/206095) (RCAF) (Rear Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Augustus Ronald Moller (426369) (Air Bomber)
Pilot Officer Peter Shaw (173547) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Edward George Smith (1600337) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Kenneth Rookby Ward (1459081) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
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, 166/28/330