MOTTERAM, Harry Lawrence
| Service Number: | 427533 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Claremont, Western Australia, 22 January 1915 |
| Home Town: | Claremont, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Builder and Contractor (Plasterer) |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 4 November 1944, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Burial reference: - Plot 13, Row D, Grave 10. Personal Inscription: - "EVER REMEMBERED". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 427533 | |
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| 19 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 427533 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - John Henry "Harry" Motteram and Hilda Eula Lawrence married married 1911 in Claremont, Western Australia.
Wife: - Winifred Bolton (married 1st October 1938 in
West Perth, Perth, Western Australia), of Claremont, Western Australia.
Final Mission: - 49th Squadron's Avro Lancaster III (#PB370) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off at night from RAF Fulbeck for an air operation flight over the Dortmund-Ems Kanal in Ladbergen. PB370 crashed in Germany, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The crew of PB370 were-
Flying Officer George Hadley BAILY, - RAAF
Flying Officer Royston Willett BERRY, - RAFVR
Sergeant Stanley Raynor CRAWSHAW, - RAFVR
Flying Officer William John MORONEY, - RAFVR
Flying Officer Harry Lawrence MOTTERAM, - RAAF
Flight Sergeant Leslie George SPEAK - RAAF
Flying Officer Derrick TALBOT. - RAFVR
The cause and crash site have not been established.
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