Coming Soon.
MORPHETT, Henry Leslie Benjamin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 407093 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 27 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 102 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Glen Osmond, South Australia, 3 December 1917 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, North Sea (60 miles NE Birtcham Newton, England), North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 7 September 1941, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School The Fallen, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 27 May 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, 407093, No. 102 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 May 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 27 May 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407093 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
North Sea
407093 Sergeant, 102 Sqn RAF in RAAF service, died in flying battle in the North Sea. Memorial Panel 127 at Glen Osmond Cemetery, SA.
A Whitely bomber based at RAF Topcliffe, Yorkshire, ditched into the North Sea off Bircham Newton in the early morning of 7 Sep 1941 on returning from a mission to Huls, Germany. They were never heard from again. The members of the crew were Pilot Officer John Rhodes Croucher of Belfast, Ireland; Flight Sgt John Glover of St James, Manitoba, Canada; Flight Sgt Alan Leonard Halsey of St Catherines, Ontario, Canada; Sgt John Richard Tugman of Bramwell, Cheshire, England and Sgt H L B Morphet of Glen Osmond, South Australia.
Submitted 17 September 2015 by Leonard Binks
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