LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Charles Raymond WARREN
Service No: 409353
Born: Box Hill VIC, 7 November 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 August 1941
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-331), near Deniliquin, 21 April 1942, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Deniliquin General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Francis John and Mary Jane Warren, of Canterbury, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Heathcote VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0140 hours on 21 April 1942, Wirraway A20-331 flown solo by Leading Aircraftman Warren, a Trainee Pilot, crashed, one mile south of the Deniliquin aerodrome and he was killed. The aircraft was on solo a night flying exercise and it dived into the ground after take-off.
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, 163/176/261; A9845, 111