RAAF WW2 Crash Site.
On Thurday 13th May 1943 at 0915 hours, Avro Anson W2574 from 2 Air Observer School, Mount Gambier, crashed 9 miles NE of Nhill.
Crew: W2574
406876 SEABROOK Leonard Fraser Gillespie FO Pilot (1st) From Broken Hill NSW
427546 RASH Harold Wilfred, PO Pilot (2nd), From Northam WA
417295 EDWARDS David Richard James, SGT WOAG, From Cleve SA
408457 JORDAN Victor Keith, SGT WOAG, From Hobart TAS
418354 DARBY Victor Vernon, LAC Aircrew 2 (G) from Melbourne VIC
REPORTS:
Official: Summary:
1. On a training flight the aircraft dived into the ground at steep angle and high speed.
2. Cloud was approx. 600 feet and pilot may have lost control in cloud. Actual cause: Unknown.
Eyewitness: None reported
BURIALS/CREMATIONS:
CEMETERY - PLOT ROW GRAVE
DARBY V. V. Nhill War Cemetery VI A A 1
EDWARDS D. R. J. 5
JORDAN V. K. 2
RASH H. W. 4
SEABROOK L. F. G. 3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE:
Research began 2002,
RAAF accident report dated 29 May 1943
Anson photo of aircraft by type; courtesy RAAF Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
National Archives of Australia
Map courtesy Shell Road Service 1963 issue
Locality map courtesy Where Is
