LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Herbert Cheval Archer WARR
Service No: 402582
Born: Henley NSW, 5 February 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 September 1940
Unit: No. 408 Squadron (RCAF), RAF Station Balderton, Nottinghamshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 408 Squadron Hampden aircraft AE244), Belgium, 1 August 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Turnhout (Zevendonk) Churchyard, Antwerpen, Belgium
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leslie Cleal Archer Warr and Vera May Sara Warr, of Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Canterbury NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: University of Sydney World War 2 Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
At 2339 hours on the 31 July/1 August 1942, Hampden AE244 took off from Balderton detailed to bomb Dusseldorf Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was shot down by an enemy night fighter and crashed at 0335 hours, some 2 kms south east of Zevendonk (Antwerpen), 4 kms south of Turnhout, Belgium. Three of the crew members were killed and one became a prisoner.
The crew members of AE244 were:
Flight Sergeant Clarence Franklin Lloyd (R/62683) (RCAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Orval Milford Nelson (R/86268) (RCAF) (Pilot) PoW
Sergeant Harold Price (1052836) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Herbert Cheval Archer Warr (402582) (Observer)
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 A9301, 402582
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line