LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Percy James PRITCHARD
Service No: 3097
Born: Fairfield VIC, 3 July 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 November 1937
Unit: No. 23 Squadron, Archerfield QLD
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 23 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-15), Southport QLD, 29 May 1940, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Percy Dowdall Pritchard and Hilda Eliza Victoria Pritchard, of Kew.
Roll of Honour: Collingwood VIC
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1000 hrs on 29 May 1940, Wirraway A20-15 crashed and burned at Southport, killing crew members Flying Officer Kevin Ansell Goman (service number unavailable) (Pilot) and Warrant Officer Percy James Pritchard (3097) (Second Pilot).
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, 101
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Wirraway, Boomerang and CA-15 in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1991