MONTGOMERIE, Laurence John
| Service Number: | 406865 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Marble Bar, Western Australia, 7 March 1915 |
| Home Town: | Port Hedland, Port Hedland, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Prisoner of War, Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 22 November 1942, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 18. D. 7. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 406865 | |
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| 28 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 28 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406865 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of James Bertrand and Elsie May Montgomerie of Port Hedland, WA
RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-187 of Number 2 Squadron was shot down at Ambon, Netherlands East Indies 22 May 1942 - two of the crew were captured by the Japanese and were executed while being held as Prisoners of War (22 November 1942) and are buried in Ambon War Cemetery:
Pilot Officer Graham William Charles Allchin 401321
Sergeant Laurence John Montgomerie 406865
The other two crewmen were killed in the crash and are commemorated on the Ambon Memorial:
Pilot Officer Kenneth Irving Kersten 406857
Pilot Officer Wilbur Charles McLay 408865
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