LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant John Maxwell ROBERTSON
Service No: 424821
Born: Dubbo NSW, 31 July 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 October 1942
Unit: No. 100 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 100 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ND328), Belgium, 25 April 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Heverlee War Cemetery, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ewen Charles and Irene Margaret Robertson, of Narromine, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Narromine NSW
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Narromine Cenotaph, Narromine NSW
Lancaster ND 328 took off from RAF Grimsby at 2216 hours on the night of 24/25 April1944 detailed to bomb Karlsruhe, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed near St Martens- Voeren, (Liege), 21kms north east of Liege, Belgium and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of ND328 were:
Pilot Officer Arthur John Thomas Armon (172478) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Leonard Douglas Bowden (J/88088) (RCAF) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Pilot Officer George Robert Boxall (J/88409) (RCAF) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Denis Bertram Cox (1891838) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant David Jones (954868) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant John Maxwell Robertson (424821) (Rear Gunner)
Flying Officer Reginald Francis Weedon (139700) (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, 166/36/250
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line