LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Cecil Rainsford SHEPHERD
Service No: 411197
Born: Nowra NSW, 20 August 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 April 1941
Unit: No. 76 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 76 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft A29-42), Ormeau QLD, 27 March 1942, Aged 22 Years
Cremated: Sydney (Northern Suburbs) Crematorium NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Rainsford Shepherd and Irene Ada Shepherd, of Bomaderry
Roll of Honour: Berry NSW
Remembered: Panel 5, New South Wales Cremation Memorial
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Ku-ring-gai World War 2 Book of Remembrance, Gordon NSW
At 1713 hours on 27 March 1942, Kittyhawk A29-42 flown by Pilot Officer Shepherd crashed near Ormeau, Queensland, and he was killed.
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, 163/56/117
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line