LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Herbert John ROWE
Service No: 400489
Born: Windsor VIC, 1 October 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 14 September 1940
Unit: No. 4 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 4 Service Flying Training School Crane aircraft 7715), Saskatchewan, 15 May 1941, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Saskatoon (Woodlawn) Cemetery, Saskatchewan
CWGC Additional Information: Husband of Gwen I. M. Rowe, of Elwood, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On a solo night practice flight on 15 May 1941, Crane 7715, crashed two miles north west of Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, killing Leading Aircraftman Rowe.
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, 163/158/124