LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Irwin Jack SHAW
Service No: 413494
Born: Campsie NSW, 5 September 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 August 1941
Unit: No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School Battle aircraft 2022), Quebec, 19 May 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Metis Beach (United Church) Cemetery, Quebec
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Henry and Emelie Shaw; husband of Kathleen Mary Shaw, of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Tamworth NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1000 hours on 19 May 1942, Battle 2022 crashed at high speed during a training exercise over the shore of the St Lawrence River, near Mt Joli, Quebec, a few miles from the school. Eye- witnesses stated that the engine of the aircraft appeared to catch fire. The crew of four was killed.
The crew members were:
Pilot Officer Arthur Francis Halamka (C/7558) (RCAF) (from USA)
Corporal Clarence James Rooke (R/120501) (RCAF)
Leading Aircraftman Irwin Jack Shaw (413494)
Leading Aircraftman Kenneth George Weal (413287) (RNZAF)
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, 163/161/207