LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Lawrence Charles Joseph WATT
Service No: 441609
Born: Perth WA, 15 May 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 October 1943
Unit: No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School RCAF
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School Bolingbroke aircraft 10019), Ontario, 20 January 1945, Aged 19 Years
Buried: St Thomas (South Park) Cemetery, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles William and Nellie Muriel Watt, of North Perth, Western Australia.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
At 1600 hours on 20 January 1945, Bolingbroke 10019 crashed near Inwood, Ontario, following a mid-air collision with Bolingbroke 10213, while engaged in a gunnery exercise. The crew of three was killed.
The crew members on Bolingbroke 10019 were:
Flying Officer James Davidson Allan (J/29114) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman William Thomas Francis Neville (82566) (Trainee Wireless Air Gunner)
Leading Aircraftman Lawrence Charles Joseph Watt (441609) (Trainee Wireless Air Gunner)
The two RAAF members on Bolingbroke 10213 were:
Leading Aircraftman Barry Edward Lawson Buck (441611) Discharged from the RAAF: 29 November 1945
Leading Aircraftman John Stephen Mullins (54718) Discharged from the RAAF: 29 September 1945
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 Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australian On-Line Record A705, 32/4/246