LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Vivian SUTHERST
Service No: 35755
Born: Atherton QLD, 29 January 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 March 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 31 Squadron, Wagga Wagga NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 31 Squadron Beaufighter aircraft A19-61), near Cootamundra NSW, 21 September 1942, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Cootamundra General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Richard and Johanna Sutherst
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 102, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cootamundra Beaufighter Memorial Stone, near Cootamundra NSW
At 1300 hours on 21 September 1942, Beaufighter A19-61 crashed 5 kms north east of Cootamundra and both crew members were killed. The cause of the accident is obscure. The crew members were:
Flight Sergeant John Evan Jenkins (407435) (Pilot)
Sergeant Vivian Sutherst (35755) (Observer)
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, 14
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Parnell, N.M. (Neville M.) Whispering Death: A history of the RAAF’s Beaufighter Squadrons, AH & AW Reed Terry Hills NSW, 1980
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1990