LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Reginald Stuart WEST
Service No: 405163
Born: Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, 17 January 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 February 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 13 Squadron, Hughes NT
Died: Air Operations: Advance to Buna (No. 13 Squadron Hudson aircraft A16-166), Timor, 24 December 1942, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Louisa West; husband of Daisy Edna West, of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Lismore NSW
Remembered: Panel 100, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Lismore Cenotaph, Lismore NSW
On 24 December 1942, Hudson A16-166 went missing on air operations at Nova Ancora, Timor. The crew members of A16-166 were:
Sergeant Keith Gilbert Chote (405542) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Reginald Mervin Clark (416653) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant John McArthur Dunbar (416661) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Gordon Pirie Thomson (405889) (Pilot)
Sergeant Reginald Stuart West (405163) (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 A9301, 405163
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Grantham, S. R. (Sidney Richard) (6590) The 13 Squadron Story, S.R. Grantham, Dee Why NSW 2099, 1991