LEST WE FORGET

Sergeant Allen Ralph SIMPSON

Service No: 417004
Born: Mitcham SA, 24 December 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1941
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit, Bairnsdale VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Operational Training Unit Beaufort aircraft A9-67), Bass Strait, 11 January 1943, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ralph James Simpson and Amelia Sophie Simpson, of Lower Mitcham, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 6, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide

Beaufort A9-67 went missing in Bass Strait between 0733 and 1622 hours on 11 January 1943 while on an operational training exercise originating from Bairnsdale, Victoria. The crew members of A9-67 were:

Sergeant Norman John Long (411793) (Pilot)
Sergeant Norman Neil MacKay (413644) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Richard Stuart Patterson (409228) (Observer)
Sergeant Allen Ralph Simpson (417004) (Wireless Air Gunner)

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, 242

Bibliography:

Lax, M. (Mark) (editor) Always Ready: a history of RAAF East Sale, RAAF Publications Unit Melbourne VIC, 1993
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1990

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